Shawn Cooley > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Offices
2001 M STREET, NW, SUITE 600
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Shawn Cooley
Position
Partner
Career
Shawn Cooley is a partner in Weil’s Corporate Department. His practice focuses on managing national security reviews and all foreign investment regulatory aspects of cross-border transactions. He brings to bear his deep experience and involvement with the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the informal interagency working group known as Team Telecom. Mr. Cooley represents public and private companies, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, and pension plans. Before joining Weil, Shawn was a partner at another international law firm. Prior to that, he served for nine years as the Director of Foreign Investment Risk Management at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and advised the Assistant Secretary for Policy, the General Counsel, the Deputy Secretary, and the Secretary within DHS, spanning three administrations, on all matters pertaining to foreign investment in the United States.
Education
Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1998); The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > International trade and national security > CFIUS
(Leading partners)Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP represents public companies, private equity funds, and sovereign wealth funds in direct investment reviews conducted by CFIUS. The team is well integrated with Weil’s wider and sophisticated M&A and private equity teams which ensures a strong workflow and breadth of expertise. Shawn Cooley leads the team from Washington D.C. and has a deep experience with CFIUS having served within US government departments across three administrations. Cooley is regularly supported on matters by Nathan Cunningham.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > International trade and national security > CFIUS
- CFIUS United States > International trade and national security
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense