Commercial Litigation

Why Cooley

Our experience litigating in a wide variety of venues includes the United States Supreme Court and other federal and state courts nationwide, a broad spectrum of administrative tribunals and international arbitral forums and English courts. Cooley lawyers have considerable experience as coordinating counsel in multi-district litigation and are also experienced in a variety of alternative dispute resolution forums, including mediations and settlement conferences. Many of our litigators serve as court appointed or privately selected mediators and arbitrators. Our litigation team in London advise on the full range of commercial disputes and are expert in all forms of dispute resolution including high value and complex commercial disputes, cross-border litigation, commercial mediation and other forms of ADR, and international arbitration.

Our clients include leading companies of all sizes from new, emerging companies to Fortune 50 and 100, FTSE 250, public companies across many industries, such as capital markets, entertainment and media, transportation, manufacturing, insurance, life sciences, military contracting, and accounting, with a particular focus on technology companies and financial institutions in all sectors. We have a deep understanding of what these businesses do and what they expect and need from their litigators. We also act for governments and state entities on a range of matters including international boundaries disputes and in assisting with asset recovery programs.

While our team is comprised of skilled litigators who repeatedly win at trial in favor of our clients, we appreciate that litigation, and ultimately trial, is not always the best answer. To this end, we offer a broad range of pre-litigation counseling, so that our clients can avoid litigation when possible. We work with each of our clients to achieve the best outcome under the circumstances, in the most prompt and cost-efficient manner.

Representative Matters

• Secured an important ruling for Gilead when a California appellate court held for the first time that beneficial shareholders lack standing to demand inspection of books and records under California law. The ruling has broad implications for public companies operating in California.
• Executed a major victory on behalf of Turo, the world’s largest platform for peer-to-peer car-sharing. The win has implications around the country, where Turo’s innovative business model is under assault by municipal airport authorities eager to protect the traditional system of car rental counters, layers of taxes and fees, and general inconvenience. The Ninth Circuit vacated the preliminary injunction that prevented the company from allowing its users to arrange vehicle transfers at LAX.
• Successfully represented IQVIA, a biopharmaceutical multinational company, against Cardiorentis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, claiming that IQVIA breached a contract and performed unfair business practices. The High Court of London rendered a lengthy and detailed verdict in favor of IQVIA on all claims and counterclaims.
• Secured an arbitration win on behalf of Javo Beverage Company, a commercial manufacturer of coffee, tea and botanical extracts, in a contentious dispute against its former employee and co-founder. After a five-day remote arbitration hearing, we won an interim arbitration award for Javo on the issue of liability, helping to resolve a related district court action in Javo's favor.
• Secured a complete victory for Rappi, an on-demand delivery super app in Latin America, by obtaining dismissal of a high-stakes trade secret misappropriation case that contested the invention and ownership of Rappi's business model.