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BIOGRAPHY
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Stephen Cooper's practice in the firm's Business Section involves representing large and small clients in all aspects of corporate and transactional law, including venture capital and private equity financings, debt financings, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities law compliance, and general corporate matters.
Mr. Cooper is a member of the firm's Emerging Companies, Private Equity, and Venture Capital Practice Group. He represents fast growth companies in connection with their formation, employee compensation arrangements, debt and equity financings, commercial contracts, and other general corporate matters.
Prior to joining Robinson & Cole, Mr. Cooper was an associate in a prominent Boston-based law firm, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., where his practice included both corporate and bankruptcy law. During law school, Mr. Cooper served as a legal intern to the Honorable Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court, District of Columbia. Before attending law school, he worked in the leadership office of the Honorable Richard Gephardt. |
EDUCATION
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J.D., with honors,
The George Washington University Law School |
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B.A., Emory University, Political Science |
ADMISSIONS
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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State of Connecticut |
HONORS & AWARDS
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Listed as a Rising Star in Connecticut Super Lawyers® in the area of Business/Corporate Law in 2011 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.) |
EXPERIENCE
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Representation of Revelry Brands, a Colorado-based venture group, in multiple transactions, including its acquired interests in a New York City-based food company, Siggi's yogurt; in New York City-based Data Garden, a data analytics company serving the natural foods industry; and in Colorado-based Only Natural Pet Store, a manufacturer and retailer of natural pet products, and related to Revelry's private placements of securities to finance a portion of such acquisitions. |
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Representation of VCS Group, an affiliate of Camuto Group, a women's designer and shoe retailer, in multiple joint venture and acquisition transactions. |
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Representation of a publicly held franchisor of fast-casual restaurants related to an exchange offer to retire debentures in exchange for preferred stock and a related private placement of preferred stock. |
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Representation of Bain Capital Ventures in connection with its Series B Preferred Stock investment in Dynamics, Inc., a producer of next-generation interactive payment cards. |
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Representation of a global investment firm in connection with a Series A Preferred Stock Financing and license agreement with a provider of proprietary technology products that empower next-generation electronic trading. |
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Represented a provider of regulatory compliance process solutions to community financial institutions concerning a convertible bridge promissory note and warrant offering. |
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Represented manufacturer and marketer of all natural specialty foods concerning a Series C convertible preferred stock offering. |
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Representation of Home Dialysis Plus Ltd. concerning investment by Warburg Pincus and Vertical Funds. |
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Representation of Symphony Marketing Solutions, Inc., a company providing analytics and data management services in the retail, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaged goods industries, concerning acquisition by Genpact International, Inc., a business processes management company. |
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Represented Farrell Corp., a manufacturer of processing equipment for primarily the rubber and plastics industries, in its sale to a German buyer. |
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Represented Symphony Marketing Solutions, Inc., a marketing services and solutions company, with its acquisition of the Hendry Corporation, a software license sales and market structure services company. |
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Represented KnowFat Franchise Company, Inc., a franchisor of fast-casual food restaurants in connection with its merger with a publicly owned shell company and that public company’s simultaneous private placement. |
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Represented SureSource, Inc., a direct-to-consumer e-commerce business, in connection with the sale of a majority interest of the company to a leading private equity investor in the media, communications, information, and education industries. |
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Represented Developing World Markets (DWM), a socially responsible fund manager and investment bank, in connection with sale to a Dutch-based asset manager of a 10 percent equity interest in DWM Holdings, LLC, the holding company to multiple affiliated companies of DWM, and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 percent therein. |
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Represented Loudeye Corp. in connection with the disposition of its VidiPax, Inc., subsidiary. |
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