About Emily

Emily represents emerging and high-growth companies throughout their life cycle, as well as venture capital firms and other institutional investors. Her practice spans general corporate and transactional matters, including venture financings, corporate governance, public company offerings, and M&A.

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Experience

    TeRAM Emerges from Stealth with $37 Million Financing

    September 14, 2026

    Cooley represented TeRAM in connection with its $37 million financing. TeRAM emerged from stealth to develop custom 3D SRAM technology designed to address the memory bottlenecks facing next-generation AI deployments. The financing was co-led by Primary Venture Partners, B Capital, Hyperion and SemiAnalysis Capital, with participation from Alumni Ventures and Lightscape Partners. The proceeds will support technology validation and team growth as TeRAM advances customized 3D SRAM solutions for AI applications.

    Partner Sale Kwon led the Cooley team, which also included Ben Lima and Emily Liu.

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    Sale Kwon
    Partner, Palo Alto
    Ben Lima
    Associate, Palo Alto
    Emily Liu
    Associate, Palo Alto

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    Augustus Announces $180M Series B Financing at $1 Billion Valuation

    July 21, 2026

    Cooley represented Augustus in its $180 million Series B financing at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Tiger Global, with participation from Hummingbird, QED, and the founders of Nubank, Ramp, Circle, and Deel. Augustus is building the Global Dollar Bank, providing international fintechs and banks with direct access to dollar accounts and payment rails through a modern, federally chartered bank. The company plans to use the new capital to continue to serve financial institutions across Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

    Partner Sale Kwon led the Cooley team, which also included Yichen Liu, Rachel Lydon, Alison Tong, Emily Liu, and Tim Shapiro.

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    Sale Kwon
    Partner, Palo Alto
    Yichen Liu
    Associate, Palo Alto
    Rachel Lydon
    Associate, San Diego
    Alison L. Tong
    Associate, Seattle
    Emily Liu
    Associate, Palo Alto
    Timothy Shapiro
    Partner, Palo Alto

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    Samsung Ventures Leads Config’s $35 Million Seed Round

    May 11, 2026

    Cooley advised Samsung Ventures as lead investor in Config’s $35 million Seed round. Sale Kwon led the Cooley team advising Samsung Ventures, a corporate venture capital firm committed to driving growth and creating new value through technological innovation.

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    Sale Kwon
    Partner, Palo Alto
    Yichen Liu
    Associate, Palo Alto
    Emily Liu
    Associate, Palo Alto

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    Eos Acquired by AppViewX, a Haveli Investments Portfolio Company

    March 19, 2026

    Cooley advised Eos, an artificial intelligence (AI)-native identity control plane for AI agents and autonomous workloads within the enterprise, on its sale to AppViewX, a leading machine identity management provider and portfolio company of Haveli Investments. Rishab Kumar and Raphael Davidian led the Cooley team advising Eos.

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    Rishab Kumar
    Partner, Palo Alto
    Raphael Davidian
    Associate, Santa Monica
    Nick Kenyon
    Associate, Boston
    Allie Pilmer
    Associate, San Diego
    John T. Stellini
    Associate, Palo Alto
    Austin Holt
    Partner, Santa Monica
    Eileen Marshall
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Tracy Rubin
    Partner, Palo Alto
    Joy Chow
    Associate, Palo Alto
    Ross Eberly
    Partner, Santa Monica
    Emily Liu
    Associate, Palo Alto

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    Vinci4D Raises $46 Million Total Funding

    December 2, 2025

    Cooley advised Vinci4D on its Series A financing led by Xora Innovation, which brings the company’s aggregate funding amount to $46 million. Partner Sale Kwon led the Cooley team advising Vinci4D, a pioneer of physics-driven artificial intelligence for hardware design and simulation backed by Khosla Ventures and Eclipse.

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    Sale Kwon
    Partner, Palo Alto
    Allison Peth
    Associate, Palo Alto
    Christopher Kimball
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Dillon Martinson
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Shelby Saunders
    Associate, New York
    Emily Liu
    Associate, Palo Alto

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Admissions and credentials

  • California

Memberships and affiliations

  • American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley

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