About Jeff
Jeff advises clients in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spinoffs and other complex M&A transactions, and he is known for his work in matters involving technology, software, intellectual property and life sciences. Jeff has advised public and private companies in serial buy-side M&A transactions, and he has represented numerous venture capital-backed companies and their founders in high-profile sales.
Jeff partners with his clients throughout all phases of transactions – from establishing an efficient transaction process and structure to documentation and negotiation and finally to closing and integration.
Jeff’s representative transactions include advising:
- Uplight in its acquisition of AutoGrid Systems
- ColdQuanta in its acquisitions of SiNoptiQ and Morton Photonics Incorporated & Morton Hybrid Lasers
- CyberGRX in its sale to ProcessUnity
- section.io in its sale to Webscale Networks
- Trimble in its acquisitions of B2W Software*, Ryvit* and e-Builder* and sale of assets to Badger Meter
- Pacira BioSciences in its acquisitions of Flexion and MyoScience*
- Cricket Health in a three-way merger with InterWell Health and Fresenius Health Partners to provide value-based kidney care services*
- Maverick Therapeutics in its sale to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company*
- Peak Resorts, a publicly traded owner and operator of 17 US ski resorts in the Northeast and Midwest, in its sale to Vail Resorts*
- MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings in its acquisition of Mindspeed Technologies*
*Transaction handled prior to joining Cooley
Education
University of Colorado Law School
JD, 2000
University of Michigan
BA, 1997
Memberships and affiliations
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Friends of Vail Mountain Rescue, Board Member
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver, Former Board Member
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Former Board Member