Lindsy Solanki

Special Counsel
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I’m passionate about helping companies navigate the legal environment so that they can create new technologies and transform industries.

About Lindsy

Lindsy represents emerging and high-growth technology and life sciences companies throughout their life cycle, advising on corporate formations, fundraising strategy, private financings, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. She has experience representing late-stage private companies in the initial public offering (IPO) process and advising public companies on US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting and follow-on public offerings. She also frequently represents venture capital firms and other investors in corporate financings.

Lindsy works with companies in several industry verticals, including digital health, biotech, software, retail, fintech, edtech and other technology fields. She has counseled companies and investors on hundreds of financings and advised companies on numerous mergers and acquisitions, as well as on public offerings.

Lindsy’s private company clients have included Ansa Biotechnologies, Avtal, Claudius Legal Intelligence, ConjugateBio, Cleo, Cyklos Materials, Demetrix, e-LeaRN, Encord, Equip Health, EstateSpace, Highnote, Kriya Therapeutics, Moksha8 (now M8 Pharmaceuticals), Nanotein Technologies, NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Rothy’s, Secro, Stella & Dot, Survios, TibaRay, Toro TMS, VLGE and Yotta Technologies. Venture capital firms that Lindsy has represented include Andreessen Horowitz, Cota Capital, Decheng Capital, Flume Ventures, Heroic Ventures, Manna Tree Partners, NJP Ventures, Prufrock Ventures and Redpoint Ventures.

Lindsy served a multiyear term on the board of directors of the California Young Lawyers Association of the California State Bar.

Lindsy first joined Cooley as a litigation associate handling a wide variety of complex commercial and securities litigation matters. Before joining Cooley, Lindsy was an associate at a global law firm, where she practiced securities litigation and represented major brokerage firms, registered representatives, public companies, and officers and directors in securities-related matters. She also served as a prosecutor for the city of Plano, Texas, and first-chaired criminal trials. Throughout her litigation career, Lindsy tried nearly 60 jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations.

Lindsy also is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), holding certifications in US and European privacy laws and regulations, as well as in privacy management – CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM –through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

While at Duke University School of Law, Lindsy was an articles editor and a contributing author for the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, as well as a member of Duke’s Mock Trial Board.

Lindsy’s select recent presentations include:

  • Speaker, “Startups 101: Formation, Corporate Governance & Fundraising,” Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Venture Studio, July 2023
  • Speaker, “Insurance Coverage for Emerging Companies and Technologies: An Essential Asset,” Lawline continuing legal education (CLE) course, November 2022

Education

Duke University School of Law
JD, 2006

University of Kansas
BA, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2003

Court admissions

US District Court for the Northern District of California

US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

US District Court for the Northern District of Texas

US District Court for the Southern District of Texas

US District Court for the Western District of Texas

US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Memberships and affiliations

American Bar Association (ABA)

State Bar of California

State Bar of Texas