Timothy Shapiro

About Timothy

Tim Shapiro advises public and private companies on tax aspects of a variety of domestic and cross-border transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, debt and equity financings, and the formation and operation of limited liability companies and other passthrough entities.

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Sprout Social Acquires Tagger Media

August 4, 2023

Cooley advised Sprout Social, a social media management software company, on its $140 million acquisition of Tagger Media, a top influencer marketing platform, and a concurrent $100 million secured debt facility, which will be partially used to fund the acquisition.

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Erin J. Kirchner

Partner, Chicago

Caitlin Courtney

Associate, Palo Alto

Jason Savich

Partner, San Francisco

Addison Pierce

Associate, Chicago

Timothy Shapiro

Partner, Palo Alto

Nyron J. Persaud

Partner, New York

Megan Browdie

Partner, Washington DC

Lei Shen

Partner, Chicago

Sean Ruff

Partner, Washington DC

Guadalupe Sampedro

Partner, London

Mark Windfeld-Hansen

Senior Counsel, Palo Alto

Miriam Petrillo

Special Counsel, Chicago

Kristopher Kleiner

Special Counsel, Colorado

Stella Sarma

Special Counsel, Brussels

Karen Tsai

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Adam Fleisher

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Ariane A. Andrade

Special Counsel, Chicago

Bryan Berman

Special Counsel, Colorado

Annie Froehlich

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Chelsea André

Associate, Colorado

Adam Bloom

Associate, Chicago

Megan E. Bowles

Associate, Chicago

David Dalton

Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica

Dionne A. Thomas

Associate, San Diego

Mickeala Tu

Associate, Palo Alto

Joyce Li

Associate, Chicago

Sundiata Sidibe

Associate, New York

Allison Kutner

Associate, New York

Jose Luis Gonzalez

Associate, Palo Alto

Morgan McCormack

Associate, London

John Alec Stouras

Associate, Palo Alto

Moussa O. Ismail

Associate, Reston

María Álvarez Requejo Heredero

Associate, Brussels

Mari Dugas

Associate, Washington DC

Nathaniel Hearn Jr.

Associate, New York

Michael Gladstone

Associate, New York

Arthi Naini

Associate, New York

Rubin Waranch

Associate, Washington DC

Bartholomäus Regenhardt

Associate, Brussels

Carly E. Gibbons

Associate, Chicago

Daniel Millard

Associate, London

E. James Dionne

Associate, Washington DC

Karun Ahuja

Associate, Chicago

Ehijele Olumese

Associate, Los Angeles Downtown

Patricia Myers

Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

Jeffrey J. Tolin

Partner, New York

Patrick Flanagan

Partner, New York

Francis Wheeler

Partner, Colorado

Stevie Yu

Associate, New York

Matthew S. Scarano

Associate, San Diego

Ajay Athavale

Associate, San Francisco

Jennifer Fitzpatrick

Paralegal Specialist, Washington DC

Related Practices & Industries

Mergers & Acquisitions

Public Companies

Debt Finance

Technology Transactions

Internet & Social Media

Compensation & Benefits

Antitrust & Competition

Cyber/Data/Privacy

Tax

Employment & Labor

Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

Ionis Pharmaceuticals $575 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

June 14, 2023

Cooley advised Ionis Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company, in its $575 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes.

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Charlie Kim

Partner, San Diego

Natalie Karam

Partner, Palo Alto

Jason Savich

Partner, San Francisco

Timothy Shapiro

Partner, Palo Alto

Eileen Marshall

Partner, Washington DC

Natasha Leskovsek

Of Counsel, Washington DC

Winda Fung

Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica

Stevie Yu

Associate, New York

Jayden Martinez

Associate, Colorado

Trey Reilly

Associate, New York

Related Practices & Industries

Life Sciences

Healthcare

Capital Markets

Debt Finance

Tax

IAA’s Acquisition by Ritchie Bros. Closes Following Shareholder Approval

March 23, 2023

Cooley advised IAA, Inc. (IAA), a global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, on its cross-border stock and cash acquisition by Ritchie Bros., which closed on Monday, March 20.

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Bill Roegge

Partner, New York

John-Paul Motley

Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Downtown , Los Angeles Downtown

Jamie Leigh

Partner, San Francisco

Logan Tiari

Partner, Los Angeles Downtown

Megan Browdie

Partner, Washington DC

Patrick Flanagan

Partner, New York

David Fletcher

Partner, Washington DC

Kristine Forderer

Partner, San Francisco

Kathleen Goodhart

Partner, San Francisco

TJ Graham

Partner, Palo Alto

Christopher Kimball

Partner, Washington DC

Eileen Marshall

Partner, Washington DC

Barbara Mirza

Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica

Howard Morse

Partner, Washington DC

John Paul Oleksiuk

Partner, New York

Michelle Garcia Schulman

Partner, Reston

Timothy Shapiro

Partner, Palo Alto

Ryan Vann

Partner, Chicago

Annie Froehlich

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Christine Graham

Special Counsel, London

David Hopkins

Special Counsel, Colorado

Shannon MacMichael

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Miriam Petrillo

Special Counsel, Chicago

Stella Sarma

Special Counsel, Brussels

Julia R. Brinton

Associate, Washington DC

Carly E. Gibbons

Associate, Chicago

Savannah Harms

Associate, New York

Moussa O. Ismail

Associate, Reston

Kristopher Kleiner

Special Counsel, Colorado

Allison Kutner

Associate, New York

Kevin Rivers

Associate, Palo Alto

Loriane Sangaré-Vayssac

Associate, Brussels

Grant Schweikert

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Genevieve Lim Urban

Associate, Seattle

Casey Warsh

Associate, Colorado

Related Practices & Industries

Mergers & Acquisitions

Public Companies

Shareholder Activism

Technology

Tax

Intellectual Property

Cyber/Data/Privacy

Compensation & Benefits

Debt Finance

Employment & Labor

Government Contracts

StepZen Sells to IBM

February 8, 2023

Cooley advised StepZen – the developer of a GraphQL server with a unique architecture that helps build GraphQL application programming interfaces (APIs) quickly and with less code – on its sale to IBM. Partner David Segre led the Cooley team advising StepZen.

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David Segre

Partner, Palo Alto

Dannielle Antone

Associate, San Francisco

Lukhan Baloch

Associate, Palo Alto

David Dalton

Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica

Patrick Pang

Associate, New York

Timothy Shapiro

Partner, Palo Alto

Kevin Rivers

Associate, Palo Alto

Virat Gupta

Associate, Washington DC

Ure A. Obioma

Associate, Palo Alto

Megan Drill

Associate, San Diego

Megan Drill

Associate, San Diego

Alessandra Murata

Partner, Palo Alto

Kafeel Azher

Associate, London

Jose Luis Gonzalez

Associate, Palo Alto

Ajay Athavale

Associate, San Francisco

Randy Sabett

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Carly E. Gibbons

Associate, Chicago

Mari Dugas

Associate, Washington DC

Joshua Mates

Partner, San Francisco

Chris Stack

Partner, London

Related Practices & Industries

Mergers & Acquisitions

IAA’s Amended Merger Agreement With Ritchie Bros., Cooperation Agreement With Ancora

January 26, 2023

Cooley advised Insurance Auto Auctions (IAA), a global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, on an amendment to its previously announced merger agreement with Ritchie Bros., which provides for the stock and cash acquisition of IAA by Ritchie Bros.