Len Jacoby

Practice Areas

Len advises clients on transactions involving intellectual property, technology, data, brands and content. He counsels public and private companies, private equity firms, venture capital firms and investment banks on issues in the context of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, public offerings and other corporate matters. Len also represents companies on business deals and strategic considerations involving the commercialization of IP rights and related products and services, including IP and technology licenses, software-as-a-service agreements, research and development (R&D) agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, and other commercial arrangements.

Len’s robust industry experience includes artificial intelligence, software, hardware, information and communications technology, financial services and fintech, industrial products, manufacturing, digital health, media, retail and consumer products. He represents clients at all stages of their life cycles. Len advises startups and emerging growth companies deploying cutting-edge technologies, developing next-generation products and building thriving brands. Len also counsels prominent public companies and private equity firms and their portfolio companies, which turn to him for important domestic and cross-border transactions, strategic advice in connection with the adoption of new business models or technologies, and the IP aspects of exit events and complex M&A transactions, including spinoffs and asset divestitures.

Len is a recognized leader in his field and has presented on IP and technology transactions in various settings and developed the curriculum for one of the first law school classes on the subject. Len is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) under the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He also holds a Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute and a Certificate in Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Len serves on the Board of Trustees of the IP Law Foundation. Before joining Cooley, Len established and led the IP and technology transactions practice at a prominent global law firm.

During his 30 years of legal practice, Len has worked on transactions worth more than $350 billion.