Tom Coll is a partner at Cooley LLP. His practice covers a broad range of general corporate matters, including counseling public and privately held companies regarding disclosure and reporting requirements, technology licensing, equity incentives, employee compensation and benefits and the formation of new businesses. Tom also represents clients in a broad range of transactional matters, including public offerings, public and private company mergers and acquisitions, corporate partnering and licensing transactions, spin-offs and venture capital financings. He is counsel to public and private companies in a broad range of industries, including biotechnology, medical devices, information storage and wireless communications. Tom was named to the Best Lawyers in America list in the categories of Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Venture Capital Law. He was also named in the 2007 – 2014 and 2018 – 2019 editions of Southern California Super Lawyers list in the category of Business/Corporate Law. Tom is recognized as a leading lawyer in corporate M&A by Chambers USA.