Daniel Millard

Associate

dmillard@cooley.com

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I deliver practical legal and compliance advice on complex, leading-edge data privacy and security issues in the context of a fast-moving regulatory landscape.

About Daniel

Daniel advises a diverse range of clients – from blue-chip companies to startups – on transactional, regulatory and compliance challenges relevant to data privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as complex disputes involving alleged breaches of data protection law.

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Infleqtion to Go Public Through Merger With Churchill Capital Corp X

September 8, 2025

Cooley advised Infleqtion, a global leader in neutral atom-based quantum technology, on its definitive business combination agreement with Churchill Capital Corp X, with the aim to accelerate Infleqtion’s mission to commercialize quantum products that provide orders of magnitude improvement in computing and precision sensing applications.

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Mike Nelson

Partner, Colorado

Garth Angelo Osterman

Partner, San Francisco

Kristin VanderPas

Partner, San Francisco

Peter Byrne

Partner, New York

Caitlin Breitenbruck

Associate, Seattle

Christine Turner

Associate, Colorado

Won Lee

Associate, Colorado

Ryan Lewis

Associate, Colorado

Orion Armon

Partner, Colorado

Ann Bevitt

Partner, London

Chris Coulter

Partner, London

Ross Eberly

Partner, Santa Monica

David Fletcher

Partner, Washington, DC

Annie Froehlich

Partner, Washington, DC

Todd Gluth

Partner, San Diego

Charles Haley

Partner, Palo Alto

Caroline Hobson

Partner, London

Christopher Kimball

Partner, Washington, DC

Kevin King

Partner, Washington, DC

Barbara Mirza

Partner, Santa Monica

Carly Mitchell

Partner, Washington, DC

Jeremy Morrison

Partner, Washington, DC

Julia R. Brinton

Special Counsel, Washington, DC

Andrew Epstein

Special Counsel, Seattle

Karen Tsai

Special Counsel, Washington, DC

Ryan Bowers

Associate, Washington, DC

Anna Caro

Associate, London

Danielle Carvalho

Associate, Boston

Grady Chang

Associate, Santa Monica

Umer Chaudhry

Associate, Washington, DC

David Dalton

Associate, Santa Monica

Maddie Drabble

Associate, London

Austin Dressen

Associate, Colorado

Megan Drill

Associate, San Diego

Virat Gupta

Associate, Washington, DC

Peter A. Haddad

Associate, San Diego

Elaine Huang

Associate, Palo Alto

Nicollette R. Kirby

Associate, Washington, DC

Andrew Mettry

Associate

Daniel Millard

Associate, London

Emily Mok

Associate, Reston

Juan Nascimbene

Associate, London

Sarah Oliai

Associate, Washington, DC

Emma Plankey

Associate, Boston

Natalie D. Vernon

Associate, Colorado

Brandan Ward

Associate, Colorado

Zi Ye

Associate, Palo Alto

Katherine Duplay

Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

Brandon Lefebvre

Quantitative Analyst, Boston

Kathryn Benvenuti

Associate, New York

Related Practices & Industries

Emerging Companies

Mergers and Acquisitions

Capital Markets

Technology Transactions

Technology

Tax

Compensation and Benefits

Cyber/Data/Privacy

Labor and Employment

Antitrust and Competition

TBO to Acquire Classic Vacations From the Najafi Companies

September 3, 2025

Cooley advised TBO, a leading global travel distribution platform, on its agreement to acquire Classic Vacations from Arizona-based investment firm, the Najafi Companies.

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Rishab Kumar

Partner, Palo Alto

Patrick Reed

Associate, Palo Alto

Elaine Huang

Associate, Palo Alto

John Clark

Partner, London

Alexandra Leavy

Associate, New York

Michael Bergmann

Partner, Washington, DC

Megan Browdie

Partner, Washington, DC

Caitlin Courtney

Partner, Palo Alto

Ross Eberly

Partner, Santa Monica

Stephanie Gentile

Partner, New York

Christopher Kimball

Partner, Washington, DC

Alessandra Murata

Partner, Palo Alto

John Paul Oleksiuk

Partner, New York

Francis Wheeler

Senior Counsel, Colorado

Stacey A. Bradford

Special Counsel, Washington, DC

Sharon Connaughton

Special Counsel, Washington, DC

Andrew Epstein

Special Counsel, Seattle

Rebecca Ross

Special Counsel, Washington, DC

William Corcoran

Of Counsel, Boston

Margaret Barreto

Associate, San Francisco

Tony P. Guan

Associate, Santa Monica

Nathaniel Hearn Jr.

Associate, Chicago

Jacob R. Lahana

Associate, Santa Monica

Grigor Lynch

Associate, Colorado

Shante Mays

Associate, Reston

Daniel Millard

Associate, London

Edward (Teddy) Nimetz

Associate, New York

Patrick Sharma

Associate, Santa Monica

Christopher Suhler

Associate, Colorado

David H. Zhou

Associate, Palo Alto

Agis Zografos

Associate, London

Margie Murphy

Paralegal Specialist, New York

Patricia Myers

Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

Related Practices & Industries

Mergers and Acquisitions

Labor and Employment

Debt Finance

Technology Transactions

Compensation and Benefits

Tax

Trademark, Copyright and Advertising

Antitrust and Competition

Cyber/Data/Privacy

India

Hengrui Pharma and GSK Enter Agreement to Develop up to 12 Medicines

July 27, 2025

Cooley advised Hengrui Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company, on its up to $12.5 billion agreement with GSK to develop up to 12 medicines to complement GSKs extensive respiratory, immunology and inflammation (RI&I) and oncology pipeline.

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Alan W. Tamarelli

Partner, New York

Frances Stocks Allen

Partner, London

Jiqiang Lin

Associate, New York

Freddy Yip

Associate, Hong Kong

Aaron Pomeroy

Partner, Colorado

David Wilson

Partner, London

Dr. Xiaozhen (Shawn) Yu

Partner, Washington, DC

Julia R. Brinton

Special Counsel, Washington, DC

David Burns

Special Counsel, Washington, DC

Andrew Epstein

Special Counsel, Seattle

Robert Eisenbach

Of Counsel, San Francisco

Navya Dasari

Associate, New York

Rick Jantz

Associate, Santa Monica

Eerik Kukebal

Associate, London

Daniel Millard

Associate, London

Patrick Sharma

Associate, Santa Monica

Zhijing Yu

Associate, Singapore

Related Practices & Industries

Life Sciences Corporate Partnering and Licensing

Life Sciences

Healthcare

Biotechnology

Life Sciences and Healthcare Regulatory

Tax

Cyber/Data/Privacy

Business Restructuring

Antitrust and Competition

Patent Counseling and Prosecution

Asia

Feedzai Acquires Demyst

April 22, 2025

Cooley advised Feedzai, a global leader in fraud and financial crime prevention, on its acquisition of Demyst, including Demyst’s Zonic data workflow orchestration platform, intellectual property and sophisticated data-integration capabilities.

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Rita Sobral

Special Counsel, London

Kevin Cooper

Partner, New York

Megan Browdie

Partner, Washington, DC

Thomas Connors

Partner, Boston

Annie Froehlich

Partner, Washington, DC

Guadalupe Sampedro

Partner, London

Stella Sarma

Partner, Brussels

Jeffrey J. Tolin

Partner, New York

Ryan Vann

Partner, Chicago

Julia R. Brinton

Special Counsel, Washington, DC

David Hopkins

Special Counsel, Colorado

Kathryn Benvenuti

Associate, New York

Ryan Bowers

Associate, Washington, DC

Athina Gaki

Associate, Brussels

Carly E. Gibbons

Associate, Chicago

Jimmy Gilligan

Associate, Boston

Michael Gladstone

Associate, New York

Eileen Leman

Associate, Los Angeles

Shante Mays

Associate, Reston

Daniel Millard

Associate, London

Shaun (Tianjie) Wang

Associate, New York

Leanne Andrepont

Senior Trademark Paralegal

Patricia Myers

Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

EsoBiotec Announces up to $1 Billion Acquisition by AstraZeneca

March 17, 2025

Cooley advised EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies that has demonstrated promising early clinical activity, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca (London Stock Exchange/Nasdaq Stockholm/Nasdaq: AZN) for up to $1 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis.