Mr. Cohen, a member of the firm’s transactions workgroup, focuses on corporate finance (both debt and equity), mergers and acquisitions, securities law and creditors’ rights. He has extensive experience in a wide range of corporate transactions, including secured and unsecured debt financings (including senior, mezzanine and subordinated financings), private placements, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, mergers of publicly and privately held companies, venture capital transactions, public offerings, joint ventures and various other business transactions. Mr. Cohen represents investment funds and institutional and other investors as well as corporate and other business entity issuers, from privately held start-up and emerging growth companies to middle market companies.

Mr. Cohen has served as outside general corporate counsel to several U.S. subsidiaries of foreign corporate groups. In addition, Mr. Cohen practiced in Tokyo, Japan, primarily advising Japanese clients regarding their investments and transacting business in the United States. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Cohen worked as a tax consultant in the international tax group of Touche Ross & Co., New York, New York.

Mr. Cohen has been recognized as a leading corporate/mergers & acquisitions lawyer by Chambers & Partners in its 2007 Chambers USA Leading Lawyers for Business Guide.

Professional Activities

• Member of the Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California and of the Business and Corporations Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Bar & Court Admissions

• 1988, California