Chadwick Mills, Partner

Chadwick L. Mills specializes in securities transactions and the general representation of public companies with respect to securities law and periodic reporting compliance, disclosure issues and corporate governance matters.  Mr. Mills is also involved in general representation of emerging companies.

Mr. Mills has represented issuers in more than 20 public company financings and initial public offerings during the past five years, and during that time also represented sell-side clients in merger and acquisition transactions valued at more than $2.5 billion. 

Current and former clients include:

  • Cerus Corporation
  • Exelixis, Inc.
  • GTx, Inc.
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Medivation, Inc.
  • Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Seattle Genetics, Inc.
  • XenoPort, Inc.
  • Conor Medsystems, Inc. (sold to Johnson & Johnson in 2007)
  • Kosan Biosciences Incorporated (sold to Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2008)

Mr. Mills received a J.D., cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1999, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.  He received a B.S. in Political Science, with distinction, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996.

Mr. Mills is a member of the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association.

Education

  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law
    JD, 1999, cum laude
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    BS Political Science, 1996

Admissions

  • California

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
Palo Alto—Hanover Campus
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304-1130

Phone: +1 650 843 5654
Fax: +1 650 849 7400
cmills@cooley.com
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