Richard Segal

Partner
Full contact info

I bring experience, practicality, and a lot of energy to make transformative capital markets transactions smooth, painless and fun.

Passions

Big mountains

Deep snow

Experience

DigitalOcean Announces $625 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

August 18, 2025

Cooley advised DigitalOcean Holdings (NYSE: DOCN), a simple, scalable cloud platform that democratizes cloud and artificial intelligence for digital native enterprises around the world, on its $625 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2030 in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, including the exercise in full of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase up to an additional $75 million aggregate principal amount of the notes.

Read more

Related contacts

Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Richard Segal
Partner, New York
Brad Goldberg
Partner, New York
Jean Park
Partner, New York
Shimeng Cheng
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Katherine Denby
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Matt Kong
Associate, San Francisco
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Adam Dinow
Partner, New York
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Xueqing Li
Associate, San Francisco
Brenna McGuire
Associate, Washington, DC
Jayne M. Munger
Associate, New York
Michael Pelle
Associate, New York
Brittany Sanok
Associate, New York
Charles A. Watkins II
Associate, Santa Monica

Related Practices & Industries

Datadog Announces Upsized $1 Billion Convertible Senior Notes

December 12, 2024

Cooley advised Datadog (Nasdaq: DDOG), a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, on its upsized $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 0% convertible senior notes due 2029, which includes the exercise in full of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase up to an additional $130 million aggregate principal amount of notes, a figure comprising an initial $870 million aggregate principal amount of notes and the exercise in full of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase up to an additional $130 million aggregate principal amount.

Read more

Related contacts

Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica
Richard Segal
Partner, New York
Brad Goldberg
Partner, New York
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Darren DeStefano
Partner, Reston
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Timothy Nguyen
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Evan Leitner
Partner, New York
Izzy Lubarsky
Partner, New York
Norma Chayo Dichi
Associate, Washington, DC
Katherine Denby
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Yoni Horn
Associate, Santa Monica
Talya Kornitzer
Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Julie Paulino Montejo
Associate, New York
Jayne M. Munger
Associate, New York
Charles A. Watkins II
Associate, Santa Monica
Ron Metzger
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco

Related Practices & Industries

Zenas BioPharma Announces $225 Million IPO

September 16, 2024

Cooley advised Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Citigroup and Guggenheim Securities as the underwriters of Zenas BioPharma’s $225 million initial public offering.

Read more

Related contacts

Richard Segal
Partner, New York
Denny Won
Partner, San Francisco
Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Evan Leitner
Partner, New York
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Dr. Madhuri Roy
Partner, Palo Alto
Geoffrey Spolyar
Partner, Boston
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Aaron Level
Associate, New York
Brenna McGuire
Associate, Washington, DC
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Jesse Schulman
Associate, Colorado
Nitasha Bennett
Patent Agent, San Diego
Jeffery Wyzykowski
Patent Agent, Washington, DC

Related Practices & Industries

Alarm.com – $500 Million Convertible Notes Offering

June 3, 2024

Cooley advised Alarm.com Holdings, a platform for the intelligently connected property, on its $500 million convertible note offering.

Read more

Related contacts

Mike Lincoln
Vice Chair, Reston
Richard Segal
Partner, New York
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Katherine Denby
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Timothy Nguyen
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Charlotte Yin
Associate, New York
Victoria Comesañas
Associate, Los Angeles
Stevie Yu
Associate, New York
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Chris Rhem
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Jill Simon
Senior Paralegal, New York

Related Practices & Industries

Silvaco Announces $114 Million IPO

May 13, 2024

Cooley advised the underwriters of Silvaco, a leading provider of technology computer-aided design (TCAD), electronic design animation (EDA) software, and session initiation protocol (SIP) solutions that enable semiconductor design and artificial intelligence through software and innovation, on its $114 million initial public offering.

Read more

Related contacts

Eric Jensen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Richard Segal
Partner, New York
Darah Protas
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Mark Lambert
Partner, Palo Alto
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Nyron J. Persaud
Partner, New York
Scott Weston
Partner, Boston
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Kassity L. Mai
Special Counsel, Reston
Kimberly Nguyen
Special Counsel, Reston
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Peter Burns
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
Chris Chynoweth
Special Counsel, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Katherine King
Associate, Washington, DC
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Evan Leitner
Partner, New York
Greg Merchant
Associate, Palo Alto
Anisha Mohin
Associate, New York
Margie Murphy
Paralegal Specialist, New York

Related Practices & Industries

View more

Admissions and credentials

New York

Massachusetts

Vermont

Rankings and accolades

Chambers USA: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity – Eastern United States – Nationwide (2023 – 2025)

Chambers USA: Capital Markets – Massachusetts (2020 – 2022)

The Legal 500 US: Leading Lawyer in Capital Markets: Equity Offerings (2021 – 2025)

Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star – Securities & Corporate Finance (2013 – 2022)

Richard is incredibly impressive in the depth and breadth of his knowledge, he just inspires confidence. He speaks with authority and is clear in his direction.

Chambers USA, 2025

Richard is outstanding, he is measured, thoughtful and solution-oriented ... I sleep at night better knowing he is our counsel.

Chambers USA, 2025