Corporate & Startup
Robert Jones
Senior Counsel, Cooley LLP · Palo Alto, CA
Robert Jones is senior counsel at Cooley LLP in Palo Alto, with a corporate practice focused on technology companies, particularly in the life sciences.
Robert L. Jones is senior counsel in the Palo Alto office of Cooley LLP. According to the firm, he maintains a broad corporate law practice devoted to the representation of technology companies, with a particular emphasis on companies in the life sciences industries.
The firm states that his practice includes the full range of corporate and securities law matters, including public and private financings, advice regarding disclosure issues, and counseling on securities law compliance and fiduciary issues. He previously served as chair of Cooley's business department and as chair of the firm's life sciences and healthcare practice.
The firm's website lists his involvement in client matters including Cytokinetics' $450 million convertible senior notes offering in 2022 and Portola Pharmaceuticals' $1.41 billion agreement to sell to Alexion Pharmaceuticals in 2020. Jones was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1983, where he holds bar number 107839 and is listed as an active licensee.
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