Band 3
Provided by Shawn Cooley
Shawn Cooley is a partner in Weil’s Corporate Department. His practice focuses on managing national security reviews and all foreign investment regulatory aspects of cross-border transactions. He brings to bear his deep experience and involvement with the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the informal interagency working group known as Team Telecom. Mr. Cooley represents public and private companies, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, and pension plans. Before joining Weil, Shawn was a partner at another international law firm. Prior to that, he served for nine years as the Director of Foreign Investment Risk Management at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and advised the Assistant Secretary for Policy, the General Counsel, the Deputy Secretary, and the Secretary within DHS, spanning three administrations, on all matters pertaining to foreign investment in the United States.
Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1998); The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002).
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Shawn Cooley is smart, dynamic, practical and knows CFIUS well.
Shawn Cooley provides top-tier level of service and responsiveness, with a deep knowledge of the inner workings of CFIUS. He is also an effective team leader.
Shawn Cooley is smart, dynamic, practical and knows CFIUS well.
Shawn Cooley provides top-tier level of service and responsiveness, with a deep knowledge of the inner workings of CFIUS. He is also an effective team leader.