Kevin K. Rooney helps emerging companies grow smartly. He works as outside corporate counsel with founders on company formation and ongoing corporate governance throughout the client's lifecycle. Kevin advises on transactions, including venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic corporate relationships and equity offerings for both companies and financial and corporate investors. He also represents incubators, accelerators and entrepreneurs working with startups and venture capital funds in their formation, securities offerings and investments. In addition, Kevin has represented select founders personally in mergers and acquisitions and secondary sale transactions. Kevin has served as the corporate head of Cooley's Palo Alto office and corporate hiring partner in Palo Alto from 2016 – 2020.
Cooley advised Grafana Labs, the company behind the world’s most ubiquitous open and composable operational dashboards, on the closing of its $240 million Series D funding round. Lawyers Kevin Rooney, Mary Wilbourn, Rachel Lydon and Will Siroky led the Cooley team advising Grafana Labs.
ClickUp Boosts Valuation to $4 Billion With Series C Round
October 29, 2021
Cooley advised ClickUp, a workplace productivity company, on its $400 million Series C financing, which brings its valuation to $4 billion. Lawyers Kevin Rooney, John Stellini, JP Tarbutton, Kristina Krasnikova, Rebecca Ross and Patrick Stewart led the Cooley team advising ClickUp.
Grafana Labs Reaches $3 Billion Valuation With Series C Round
September 2, 2021
Cooley advised Grafana Labs, the company behind the world’s most ubiquitous open and composable operational dashboards, on its $220 million Series C financing round, which brings its valuation to $3 billion. Lawyers Kevin Rooney and Mary Wilbourn led the Cooley team advising Grafana Labs.
Snapdocs Valuation Climbs to Over $1.5 Billion With Series D Round
May 28, 2021
Cooley advised Snapdocs, a digital closing platform for the mortgage industry, on its $150 million Series D financing round, which brings its valuation to more than $1.5 billion. Partner Kevin Rooney led the Cooley team advising Snapdocs.
