Cooley LLP maintains an issuer-side practice offering particular expertise on convertible notes offerings. Predominantly operating in the tech and life sciences sectors, the team leverages its California presence to represent clients in these developing industries, including Uber Technologies and Snowflake. Key names out of the San Francisco office are debt financing experts Gian-Michele a Marca and Jason Savich, each having represented notable market players in the aforementioned industries. Santa Monica-based Ellie Seber advises on a broad range of capital markets transactions. Michael Tollini heads the team from Washington DC.
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‘The team brings deep expertise and experience to help issuers across all aspects of convertible debt.’
‘Mischi a Marca is exceptionally level-headed and pragmatic, and will always identify any risks or issues. Jason Savich is very pragmatic, and can find innovative solutions to move a deal forward.'
‘The team brings deep expertise and experience to help issuers across all aspects of convertible debt.'
Key clients
- Uber Technologies
- Snowflake
- Air Lease Corporation
- TD Securities
- Datadog
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Rubrik
- Unity Software
- J.P. Morgan Securities
- Core Scientific
- J. Wood Capital Advisors
- Bitdeer Technologies
Work highlights
Advised Uber in a $1.15 billion offering with 0.0% exchangeable senior notes due 2028.
Advised Air Lease Corporation in the implementation of a $2 billion investment-grade commercial paper program.
Advised TD Securities as initial purchaser/lead left in GameStop’s $2.7 billion convertible offering of 0.0% convertible senior notes due 2030 to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
Practice head
Michael Tollini
Other key lawyers
Gian-Michele a Marca; Jason Savich; Ellie Seber