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Dutch Bros – $556.8 Million IPO

September 24, 2021

Cooley advised Dutch Bros, a drive-thru coffeehouse chain, on its $556.8 million initial public offering of 24,210,526 shares of its common stock. Partners Eric Jensen, Alan Hambelton and Dave Peinsipp led the Cooley team advising Dutch Bros.

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Eric Jensen
Partner, Palo Alto
Alan Hambelton
Partner, Seattle
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Julia Stark
Associate, Seattle
Allison Peth
Associate, Palo Alto
Reza Safai
Associate, Palo Alto
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington DC
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Ehijele Olumese
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Wendy Brenner
Partner, Palo Alto
Amis Pan
Associate, Palo Alto
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado

NVIDIA – $5 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes Offering

June 30, 2021

Cooley advised NVIDIA on its registered debt offering of $5 billion aggregate principal amount of investment grade senior unsecured notes. The offering consisted of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.309% notes due 2023; $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.584% notes due 2024; $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.550% notes due 2028; and $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.000% notes due 2031. Partners Michael Tollini, Mischi a Marca, Jason Savich, Eric Jensen and John McKenna led the Cooley team advising NVIDIA.

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Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington DC
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Eric Jensen
Partner, Palo Alto
John McKenna
Partner, Palo Alto
Natalie Karam
Partner, Palo Alto
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
Karen Gustavson
Associate, Seattle
Annelise Bertrand
Associate, Palo Alto
Kim Merritt
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Savannah Harms
Associate, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado

UiPath – $1.5 Billion IPO

April 28, 2021

Cooley advised UiPath, the world’s leading robotics process automation software company, on its $1.5 billion initial public offering of 27,474,393 shares of Class A common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Partners Nicole Brookshire, Eric Jensen and Matthew Dubofsky led the Cooley team advising UiPath.

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Eric Jensen
Partner, Palo Alto
Matthew Dubofsky
Partner, Colorado
Katherine Denby
Associate, Washington DC
Robin K. Lee
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Tania Soris
Associate, New York
Katherine Duplay
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Carly Mitchell
Associate, Washington DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington DC
David Hopkins
Special Counsel, Colorado
Susan Piascik Christoff
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Veronica Caba
Paralegal Specialist, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington DC
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado

Singapore-based Grab’s Record SPAC Marks Southeast Asia’s Largest Ever US Equity Offering

April 14, 2021

Cooley advised J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Evercore as part of Grab’s agreement to merge with Altimeter Capital’s special purpose acquisition company or SPAC. The transaction marks the largest SPAC merger in history and values the SoftBank-backed technology company at approximately $40 billion. Will Cai in Hong Kong and Ferish Patel in Singapore led a global team of Cooley lawyers across Hong Kong, Singapore and the US on the transaction.

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Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
Ferish Patel
Partner in Charge – Singapore, Singapore
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Eric Jensen
Partner, Palo Alto
Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Luke Cadigan
Partner, Boston
Daniel Grooms
Partner, Washington DC
Jie Zhang
Partner, Hong Kong
Hilda Li
Associate, Hong Kong

DigitalOcean $776 Million IPO

March 23, 2021

Cooley advised DigitalOcean on its $775.5 million initial public offering of 16,500,000 shares of common stock. DigitalOcean, whose securities now trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DOCN, is a leading cloud computing platform offering on-demand infrastructure and platform tools for developers, start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses. Partners Eric Jensen, Adam Dinow, Bo Yaghmaie and Brandon Fenn led the Cooley team.

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Eric Jensen
Partner, Palo Alto
Adam Dinow
Partner, New York
Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie
Partner, New York
Brandon W. Fenn
Partner, New York
Robert Warshaw
Associate, New York
Jayne M. Munger
Associate, New York
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Rankings & accolades

#1 Technology IPO Lawyer Nationwide (Deal Point Data 2017-2021)

Best Lawyers in America – Lawyer of the Year (2018)

Best Lawyers in America – Leading lawyer in Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law and Venture Capital Law (2014-2019; 2022)

Chambers USA – Leading lawyer in Investment Funds: Venture Capital, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, and Startups & Emerging Companies

Daily Journal; Top Emerging Companies Lawyer and Top 100 Lawyers in California

The Legal 500 – Leading lawyer in M&A, Venture Capital and Emerging Companies; Key lawyer in Capital Markets: Equity Offerings 

Super Lawyers

Memberships & affiliations

American Bar Association

ABA, Section on Business Law, Committee on Corporate Governance

Experience Highlight

Involved in 40+ offerings over the last three years, raising $36 billion+

 

Eric is a truly fine lawyer – very technically strong and pragmatic. He's a very good lawyer, very well rounded and has a very good command of the room.

Chambers USA 2022