Amanda Weiss

Amanda’s practice focuses on assisting public companies on a range of matters, including Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and disclosure, corporate governance, and the listing requirements of the major US exchanges.

Amanda regularly advises clients on issues ranging from SEC and stock exchange disclosure requirements, corporate governance, board and committee structures, and conflicts of interest to shareholder proposals, director independence, the impact of proxy advisory firms, and responses to formal and informal SEC inquiries. She also focuses on new developments and changing practices in governance and disclosure matters.

Companies that Amanda has advised on their IPOs include:

• Blue Buffalo Pet Products*
• Bumble*
• Gardner Denver Holdings*
• La Quinta Holdings*
• Performance Food Group Co.*
• TaskUs*
• ZoomInfo Technologies*

In addition, Amanda has advised companies with respect to corporate governance and SEC disclosure issues arising in the context of other transactions, such as spinoffs, deSPAC business combinations and other significant strategic transactions, including:

• Dover Corp. in its spinoff of Apergy Corp.*
• Gardner Denver Holdings in its merger with IngersollRand*
• La Quinta Holdings in the conveyance of its owned real estate assets to and spinoff of CorePoint Lodging, and the subsequent sale of its franchise and management business to Wyndham Worldwide Corp.*
• Vivint Smart Home in its business combination transaction with Mosaic Acquisition Corp.*

*Transaction handled prior to joining Cooley