Erin J. Kirchner

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ekirchner@cooley.com
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I enjoy becoming a trusted adviser to my clients – and their first call when the stakes are high. I deliver pragmatic advice and bring people together to find solutions to tough problems.

About Erin

Erin is a founding partner of Cooley’s Chicago office. She routinely represents strategic acquirers, founders and private equity investors in public and private acquisitions, mergers and disposition transactions, joint ventures, public and private financing activities and corporate venture investments and partnerships. She has extensive experience in cross-border transactions and regularly leads multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary teams to execute on clients’ strategic goals and objectives. Erin’s practice also includes advising clients on corporate governance matters and securities offerings in relation to complex corporate transactions.

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Poppi Announces $1.95 Billion Sale to PepsiCo

Poppi Announces $1.95 Billion Sale to PepsiCo

March 17, 2025

Cooley advised VNGR Beverage (doing business as poppi), a fast-growing prebiotic soda brand, on its acquisition by PepsiCo (Nasdaq: PEP) for $1.95 billion, including an additional potential earnout consideration subject to the achievement of certain performance milestones within a specified period after closing.

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Nick Davis
Partner in Charge – Seattle, Seattle
Erin J. Kirchner
Partner, Chicago
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Pat O'Connell
Associate, New York
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
John Robertson
Senior Counsel, Seattle
Colleen Badgley
Partner, Seattle
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Keith Berets
Partner, Colorado
Michael Bergmann
Partner, Washington, DC
Megan Donohue
Partner, San Diego
Michelle Doolin
Partner, San Diego
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Alan Hambelton
Partner, Seattle
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
Sonia Nath
Partner, Washington, DC
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Partner, London
Kyle Wong
Partner, San Francisco
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Rebecca Evanson
Special Counsel, Colorado
Peter Burns
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
Lucy Bauer
Associate, Seattle
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Alexander Ellebracht
Associate, Palo Alto
Auguste Humphries
Associate, Washington, DC
Katie Kaufman
Associate, Boston
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Michael Pelle
Associate, New York
Vivienne Pismarov
Associate, San Diego
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado

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Mergers and Acquisitions
Food and Beverage
Emerging Companies
Technology Transactions
Tax
Compensation and Benefits
Antitrust and Competition
Commercial Litigation
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Labor and Employment
Debt Finance
Life Sciences and Healthcare Regulatory
Capital Markets

LegalZoom Announces Acquisition of Formation Nation

LegalZoom Announces Acquisition of Formation Nation

February 10, 2025

Cooley advised LegalZoom (Nasdaq: LZ), an online platform for legal services, on its acquisition of Formation Nation, a small-business services company.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Erin J. Kirchner
Partner, Chicago
Nathan Baum
Special Counsel, New York
Scott Dailard
Partner, San Diego
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner, Santa Monica
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
Addison Pierce
Partner, Chicago
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Logan Tiari
Partner, Los Angeles
John-Paul Motley
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Ana A. Bordallo
Associate, San Diego
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Alexander Ellebracht
Associate, Palo Alto
Emma Frerichs
Associate, Chicago
Liza Hadley
Associate, Boston
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Patrick Reed
Associate, Palo Alto
Leanne Andrepont
Senior Trademark Paralegal
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

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Mergers and Acquisitions
Technology Transactions
Technology
Compensation and Benefits
Commercial Litigation
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Labor and Employment
Patent Counseling and Prosecution
Antitrust and Competition
Debt Finance
Tax
Capital Markets
Trademark, Copyright and Advertising
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Tempus Announces $600 Million Acquisition of Ambry Genetics

Tempus Announces $600 Million Acquisition of Ambry Genetics

November 4, 2024

Cooley advised Tempus AI (Nasdaq: TEM), a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare, on its agreement to acquire Ambry Genetics, a company focusing on genetic testing that aims to improve health by understanding the relationship between genetics and disease.

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Erin J. Kirchner
Partner, Chicago
Richard E. Ginsberg
Partner, Chicago
Christina T. Roupas
Partner in Charge – Chicago, Chicago
Courtney M.W. Tygesson
Partner, Chicago
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington, DC
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Addison Pierce
Partner, Chicago
Ariane A. Andrade
Partner, Chicago
Steve Flores
Partner, Chicago
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Sonia Nath
Partner, Washington, DC
Nyron J. Persaud
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Dr. Madhuri Roy
Partner, Palo Alto
Michelle Garcia Schulman
Partner, Reston
Rachel Thorn
Of counsel, New York
Ryan Vann
Partner, Chicago
Susan Piascik Christoff
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Son Nguyen
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Mateus Kaba Aboud
Associate, Chicago
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Tiffany Allen
Associate, Palo Alto
Elizabeth Caruso
Associate, New York
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Adrienne Beaudoin Deshmukh
Associate, Reston
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Associate, Palo Alto
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Kelley Harrington
Associate, Chicago
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Kyle Hess
Associate, New York
Cameron Irwin
Associate, Chicago
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Patrick O. Johnson
Associate, Boston

Gamida Cell Completes International Restructuring

Gamida Cell Completes International Restructuring

June 21, 2024

Cooley advised long-time biotech client, Gamida Cell Ltd., and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gamida Cell Inc. (collectively, the “Company”), in the Company’s global restructuring through a novel use of debt arrangement proceedings in Israel combined with Chapter 15 and 11 proceedings in the United States. 

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Michael Klein
Partner, New York
Olya Antle
Associate, Washington, DC
Ibe Alozie
Associate, Washington, DC
Ben Thomson
Associate, Chicago
Dayne Brown
Associate, New York
Erin J. Kirchner
Partner, Chicago
Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Daniel I. Goldberg
Partner, New York
Mateus Kaba Aboud
Associate, Chicago
Jeremiah P. Ledwidge
Associate, New York
Yoni Horn
Associate, Santa Monica
Christopher Nickas
Associate, New York
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco

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Business Restructuring
Public Companies
Debt Finance
Life Sciences

WeWork Announces Emergence From Chapter 11

WeWork Announces Emergence From Chapter 11

June 13, 2024

Cooley advised Yardi Systems, a large software corporation with offices worldwide, in connection with WeWork’s emergence from Chapter 11 and completion of WeWork’s global operational and financial restructuring.

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C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner, Santa Monica
Logan Tiari
Partner, Los Angeles
Michael Klein
Partner, New York
Lauren A. Reichardt
Partner, New York
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Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica
Ian Shapiro
Litigation Department Chair and Partner in Charge – New York, New York
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Philip Bowman
Partner, New York
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Steven M. Dunst
Partner, Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Erin J. Kirchner
Partner, Chicago
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Cullen Drescher Speckhart
Partner in Charge – Washington, DC, Washington, DC
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Aric Wu
Partner, New York
Su Lian Lu
Special Counsel, Santa Monica
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Joshua Siegel
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Reed Smith
Special Counsel, New York
James C. Allen
Associate, Santa Monica
Michael Aridi Barake
Associate, Santa Monica
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Sarah Choi
Associate, Santa Monica
Cristina Ferruolo
Associate, San Diego
Miriam Peguero Medrano
Associate, New York

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Business Restructuring
Debt Finance
Technology
Software
Public Companies
Antitrust and Competition
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