Len Jacoby Bio

For over 25 years, Len Jacoby has provided clients with practical, creative and business-oriented advice in transactions involving IP, technology, data, brands and content. Len advises public and private companies, private equity funds and investment banks on such issues in the context of mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs and divestitures, joint ventures, investments, public offerings and other corporate matters. He also represents clients on business deals and strategic considerations involving the commercialization of intangible rights and related products and services, including licenses, R&D agreements, services agreements and other commercial arrangements. Len’s diverse industry experience includes information and communications technology, hardware, software, artificial intelligence, financial services and fintech, life sciences, industrial products, manufacturing, media, retail and consumer products, and food and beverages. Len holds a Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) under the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Before joining Cooley, Len built and served in a global leadership role for the transactional IP practice at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Prior to that, he was a partner at Wilson Sonsini.