11/02/2009
Cooley Grows New York Corporate Presence with Addition of Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie
New York – Nov. 2, 2009 – Cooley Godward Kronish LLP announced today that Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie has joined the firm. Yaghmaie, who headed the national Venture Capital practice at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, will be resident in New York where he will lead the office's Business and Technology practice group.
"Bo is one of the East Coast's top technology lawyers and a regarded leader in Silicon Alley," said Joe Conroy, Cooley's chief executive officer. "As a preeminent national law firm for technology, life sciences and clean technology companies and their investors, Bo expands our leadership in New York in these areas, where we see key opportunities to grow. We enthusiastically welcome him to Cooley."
Yaghmaie has been involved in many of the leading corporate and financing technology transactions in the New York area and regularly represents numerous venture backed companies and venture capital funds. He was recognized in 2008 and 2009 by Chambers USA as one of "America's Leading Lawyers," and was top-ranked in 2009 by Legal 500.
Yaghmaie's practice focuses on the representation of private and publicly-held emerging growth high technology and life sciences companies. He also counsels leading investment banks and venture capital funds, with a particular focus on private placements and venture financings, public offerings of equity securities and mergers and acquisitions.
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