Lila Inman

Lila Inman’s practice focuses on the representation of emerging and high growth companies and the investors that back them, throughout all stages of their life cycle, helping clients navigate complex business issues associated with building, growing and ultimately exiting. She regularly counsels clients on a diverse range of critical transactions, including angel, seed, venture and private equity financings and mergers and acquisitions.

Lila represents disruptive, high growth companies across a wide variety of industries, with a particular emphasis on technology, data analytics, AI/ML, cyber security, internet of things, virtual reality, software and life sciences.

In addition, Lila is deeply committed to advising and mentoring under-represented minority founders and general counsels, as well as the funds that invest in these businesses, and she serves as one of the champions and co-founders of Cooley’s Women in Venture Executive Network for the Mid-Atlantic.

While in law school, Lila was a notes editor on the William & Mary Law Review, the Chief Justice of the Honor Council, and the senior training coordinator of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Team. She was also an active participant in the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic, serving as an advocate for veterans seeking disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Lila’s Note “Personal Enough for Protection: The Fifth Amendment and Single-Member LLCs” is published in the William & Mary Law Review.

During the summer of 2015, Lila worked in the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where she investigated potential fraud and securities law violations and market abuses by investment banks, broker-dealers and institutional investors.

Lila practiced as a CPA in the past. Prior to law school, Lila worked as a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she audited clients in the Consumer and Industrial Products and Services industry.