Cooper advises a wide variety of public and private companies, from high-tech start-ups to established companies with over 100 years of operating history. Our lawyers counsel companies in all aspects of their growth and development, including corporate securities and finance, structuring decisions, negotiating the merger, acquisition and sale of businesses, taxation, and advising corporate clients on senior management decisions. We regularly advise clients on issues of corporate governance and the legal risks and benefits of transactions, often acting as general counsel. Some recent transactions have included:
- Sale of software and online publishing assets
- Purchase/sale of multi-state landfill methane systems
- Sales of advertising business
- Consolidation and sale of national online educational company
- Acquisition of Canadian supplier
- Sale and purchase of San Francisco, CA restaurant businesses
- Venture capital purchases of stock
- Chinese manufacturing facility and import/export
- Digital infrastructure procurement and construction
- Project financing on behalf of lenders and borrowers
- Hydroelectric project finance for new power plant and bond finance
- Purchase of consumer products manufacturer
- Sale of Oakland, CA office/retail business complex
- Sale of San Francisco and Oakland, CA hotels
- Senior financing for national retail chain
- Purchase of theatre assets
- Phone company buyout of family shareholders
- Sale of Cellular phone service and licenses
- Purchase of cultural center/art gallery
- Purchase of construction business
- Merger of online security company
- Earnout and purchase of technology company
- In-house venture capital/biotech incubator
- Sale of corporation to Employee Stock Ownership Trust
- Multi-million dollar term and revolver loan to a multi-state grocery chain
- Equipment lease financing of mining equipment
We also advise our clients on a wide range of securities matters at both the state and federal level. We assist our corporate clients with internal investigations, compliance, and self-reporting matters, and are experienced in the preparation of registration statements, periodic disclosure filings, officer and director filings, and stock exchange compliance materials in connection with “Blue-Sky” laws and Regulation D private placements.
Corporate & Securities Attorneys
Corporate & Securities Alerts
- Northern District Issues New ESI Guidelines December 19, 2012
- Mere Appointment of Agent for Service of Process is Not Consent to Jurisdiction March 25, 2011
- Nonprofits Corporation Governance Update January 4, 2011
- NYSE Panel Issues Report Defining the Top 10 Corporate Governance Principles October 9, 2010
- Former Director Has No Inspection Rights June 28, 2010
- FTC Red Flag Rules Implementation Delayed Until November 1, 2009 July 31, 2009
- Delaware LLC Managers Under Attack? June 3, 2009
- Memo To Communications Clients: Arbitration Cautions; VC Alert: Quasi-California Corporations; Outsider Harassment as Hostile Environment; Software Licensing Survey; USF Rural Support; “No” to Some City RFIs; CALEA for VOIP; Digital-to-Analog Converters? October 1, 2005
Corporate & Securities Cooper News
- Three Partners Join Cooper, White & Cooper LLP January 31, 2014
- Kristen Thall Peters Joins Firm Management Committee February 1, 2012
- 8 Cooper Attorneys Named Northern California Super Lawyers August 5, 2010
- Six Cooper Attorneys Named Northern California Super Lawyers July 28, 2009
- Cooper, White & Cooper LLP Joins Lawyers Associated Worldwide April 18, 2009
- Jamie Chou and Patrick Rosvall Become Partners of the Firm January 15, 2008
- Seven Cooper Attorneys Named as Northern California Super Lawyers in San Francisco Magazine July 26, 2007
- Cooper Announces Strategic Alliance with Coombs and Dunlap September 6, 2005
Corporate & Securities Legal News
- Board’s “Zone of Insolvency” Duties Rejected by California January 19, 2010
- Reps and Warranties in Contract are No Basis for Securities Laws Claims April 9, 2009
- Corporate Violation, Officer Liability January 16, 2009
- Stock Purchase Agreement Reps & Warranties Need Explicit Language to Terminate September 9, 2008
- Ninth Circuit Defines LLC Citizenship for Federal Court Diversity Jurisdiction March 13, 2006