Jeff Goldman

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Cooley Advises io Products on $6.5 Billion Acquisition by OpenAI

May 29, 2025

Cooley advised io Products, an engineering and product manufacturing company co-founded by Jony Ive to develop, engineer and manufacture a new family of products for the artificial general intelligence era, on its approximately $6.5 billion acquisition by OpenAI. As part of the deal, Ive and his creative collective, LoveFrom, will assume deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI. 

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Sharon Connaughton
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Karen Tsai
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Christopher B. Durbin
Of Counsel, Seattle
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Ryan Bowers
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David Dalton
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Sharon Davidov
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Alexander Ellebracht
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Michael Gladstone
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Michael Gladstone
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Elaine Huang
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Bomin Kim
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Jessica Li
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Anne Luquette
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Sarah Oliai
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Kudu Dynamics Announces $300 Million Sale to Leidos

May 28, 2025

Cooley advised Kudu Dynamics, a company developing state-of-the-art cyber capabilities and nonkinetic effects against a variety of military-relevant systems, on its sale to Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

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Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Partner, Boston
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Special Counsel, Chicago
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Boston
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Stefan Cohen
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Mari Dugas
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Paula Fleckenstein
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Katie Kaufman
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Cortica Raises $80 Million in Financing

November 25, 2024

Cooley advised Cortica, a leading provider of advanced neurological therapies for children with autism and other developmental differences, on its $80 million financing round, co-led by Morgan Health and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures.

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Automattic Acquires Beeper

April 9, 2024

Cooley advised Automattic, a distributed company with 1,965 users in 93 countries speaking 119 different languages, on its acquisition of Beeper, a universal messaging application that combines 14 different chat networks in one inbox.

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ProfoundBio Announces $1.8 Billion Acquisition by Genmab

April 3, 2024

Cooley advised ProfoundBio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel antibody-drug conjugate therapeutics for patients with cancer, on its definitive agreement to be acquired for $1.8 billion in an all-cash transaction by Genmab (NASDAQ: GMAB), a dual-listed, international biotechnology company that creates and develops differentiated antibody therapeutics to fight against cancer and other serious diseases.

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“Jeff is a methodical, clear thinker; has excellent subject matter expertise; is accessible and responsive; provides good follow-through; offers very business savvy strategic advice in addition to knowing the law; possesses a calm demeanor, never flustered; is a creative problem solver; and owns problems and comes up with practical solutions.”

Daniel Rabinowitz, Chief Legal Officer, Natera, Inc.