Bio

Rama Padmanabhan focuses her practice on all types of public and private M&A and cross-border transactions, with an emphasis on Asia. She has extensive experience with SPAC M&A transactions, reverse mergers, representation of financial buyers and sellers, joint ventures, navigating IPO/M&A dual-track processes, and other complex transactions. Her industry experience includes technology, fintech, software, semiconductor, digital health and retail. She is a market leader in life sciences, biotech and medical device transactions, with deep experience in divestitures, options to buy and structured transactions. Rama was named Dealmaker of the Year in Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech at The Deal’s 2020 Middle Market Awards and recognized by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America in 2022 and 2023. She serves on Cooley’s diversity committee, Women’s Initiative strategic committee and partnership nominating committee.