Ian Shapiro

Partner in Charge – New York
ishapiro@cooley.com
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About Ian

Ian Shapiro is partner in charge of Cooley’s New York office and member of Cooley’s board of directors. He represents individuals and companies in complicated and hard fought commercial disputes in state and federal courts and arbitrations throughout the US. While he has represented every type of company in nearly every type of case, his experience is not in any particular industry or legal subject, but in sizing up a case and developing its facts and the law to ensure his clients have every conceivable chance of prevailing.

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Experience

Cooley Secures Win in Mallinckrodt Chapter 11 Case

Cooley Secures Win in Mallinckrodt Chapter 11 Case

February 9, 2022

Cooley has been representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Mallinckrodt during Mallinckrodt’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, in which the pharmaceutical company’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization was recently confirmed after a contentious multiweek trial, marking a defining moment in the case. Cooley partners Cullen Speckhart, Ian Shapiro, Philip Bowman, Michael Klein, Cathy Hershcopf and Jonathan Kim led the team advising the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

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Cullen Drescher Speckhart
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Ian Shapiro
Partner in Charge – New York, New York
Philip Bowman
Partner, New York
Michael Klein
Partner, New York
Cathy Hershcopf
Partner, New York
Russell Capone
Partner, New York
Bobby Earles
Partner, Chicago
Aric Wu
Partner, New York
Sonia Nath
Partner, Washington DC
Reed Smith
Special Counsel, New York
Joshua Siegel
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Erica Richards
Special Counsel, New York
Summer M. McKee
Associate, New York
Lauren A. Reichardt
Associate, New York
Evan Lazerowitz
Associate, New York
Georgina Inglis
Associate, Washington DC
Charlie Low
Associate, New York
Paul Springer
Associate, New York
Courtney Gladstone
Associate, Washington DC
Jeremiah P. Ledwidge
Associate, New York

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Business Restructuring & Reorganization
Commercial Litigation
Class Action Litigation
Life Sciences
Retail & Consumer Products
Insurance

SELLAS Life Sciences Group to Merge with Galena Biopharma

SELLAS Life Sciences Group to Merge with Galena Biopharma

April 8, 2017

Cooley advised SELLAS Life Sciences Group on its merger agreement with Galena Biopharma.

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Partner, New York
Matthew D. Silverman
Special Counsel, San Diego
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Garth Angelo Osterman
Partner, San Francisco
Jacqueline Grise
Partner, Washington DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Alison Freeman-Gleason
Of Counsel, Seattle
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Sarah Lightdale
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Ian Shapiro
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Life Sciences

Settlement Ending Four-Year Litigation for Mervyn's Estate and Creditors Committee

Settlement Ending Four-Year Litigation for Mervyn's Estate and Creditors Committee

Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors for Mervyn's, a chain of approximately 175 department stores, and its estate in a highly contentious bankruptcy litigation the committee brought against various private equity firms, financial institutions and others that acquired Mervyn's from Target in a September 2004 LBO transaction. Four years after the suit was filed, Cooley secured a significant settlement that was approved by the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in November 2012.

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Cathy Hershcopf
Partner, New York
Ian Shapiro
Partner in Charge – New York, New York
Lesse Castleberry
Senior Counsel, New York

Related Practices & Industries

Business Restructuring & Reorganization
Commercial Litigation

Rankings & accolades

Chambers USA: Litigation: General Commercial – New York (2022 – 2023)

Memberships & affiliations

American Bar Association

Federal Bar Council

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