Matthew Brigham

Cooley achieved a significant victory for longtime client Qualcomm when US District Judge Paul G. Byron of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted the firm’s motion for summary judgment in a contested patent infringement lawsuit, ParkerVision v. Qualcomm. Lawyers Stephen Smith, Matthew Brigham, Eamonn Gardner, Dena Chen, Jeffrey Karr, Priya Viswanath and Benjamin Lin led the Cooley team advising Qualcomm. Brigham and Gardner argued the motion for summary judgment, with assistance from the larger team.

Cooley advised the underwriters on Atlassian's $531.3 million initial public offering. Atlassian is an Australia-based collaboration software company. The company now trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "TEAM."

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley acted as lead joint book-running managers for the offering. Allen & Co., UBS Securities and Jefferies acted as additional book-running managers for the offering, and Canaccord Genuity, JMP Securities, Raymond James & Associates and William Blair & Co. acted as co-managers.

Cooley advised the initial purchasers on FireEye's Rule 144A private placement of $920 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2035. The sale of the notes included the initial purchasers' exercise of their over-allotment option to purchase an additional $120 million aggregate principal amount of notes.

Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Nomura Securities acted as joint book-running managers in the offering.

FireEye provides a comprehensive cybersecurity solution for detecting, preventing and resolving advanced cyber-attacks that evade legacy signature-based security products.

San Francisco – Cooley advised the underwriters on Aerohive Networks' $75 million initial public offering. Aerohive has designed and developed a leading cloud-managed mobile networking platform that enables enterprises to deploy a mobile-centric network edge. The company now trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HIVE."

Goldman Sachs and BofA Merrill Lynch acted as the joint book running managers for the offering. Piper Jaffray, William Blair & Co., JMP Securities and Stephens Inc. acted as co-managers for the offering.

Year-to-date in 2014, Cooley has advised on 42 completed public offerings, including 21 completed IPOs.

Cooley advised the underwriters on LinkedIn's follow-on offering of 5.55 million shares of Class A common stock worth approximately $1.25 billion.

The lead bookrunning managers of the proposed offering are J.P. Morgan Securities and Morgan Stanley. Goldman Sachs and BofA Merrill Lynch are joint bookrunning managers. Allen & Co. is co-manager.

According to LinkedIn, the objectives of the offering are to increase LinkedIn's financial flexibility and to further strengthen its balance sheet.