Douglas N. Cogen

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Office

San Francisco

Practices

Industries

Education & Admissions

J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan Law School

B.A., magna cum laude, with academic honors, Architecture and Society
Brown University
Phi Beta Kappa

Admitted to practice in California and New York

One of the nation's leading M&A lawyers, Doug has advised companies on more than $225 billion in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

He also advises clients on strategic and commercial transactions, corporate counseling and governance, securities matters, shareholder activism and takeover defense. He led Fenwick’s M&A practice for over 20 years and served as a member of the firm’s executive committee for 10 years.

Doug's transactional experience spans more than 25 years and includes cross-border transactions in the software, cybersecurity, internet, biopharma, medical diagnostics, medical devices, telecommunications, networking, semiconductor, computer hardware, packaged food and consumer products industries.

He is ranked by Chambers & Partners as among the world’s leading lawyers for Corporate/M&A in both the Global and USA guides. He is also recognized as a Notable Practitioner in the Nationwide Corporate/M&A–Highly Regarded listing. Client testimonials in the Chambers guides have consistently referred to Doug as “strategic”, “innovative”, and an “incredible negotiator who sees the big picture”.

Doug served as director of Intergovernmental Relations for the New York City Planning Commission. He has lectured on transactional law at Columbia University Law School, Stanford University Law School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Practices

Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Governance

Industries

Software
Hardware
Semiconductors
Advanced Transportation & Robotics
Consumer Technologies & Retail

Education & Admissions

J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan Law School

B.A., magna cum laude, with academic honors, Architecture and Society
Brown University
Phi Beta Kappa

Admitted to practice in California and New York

[Doug] is a brilliant strategist and adviser on very complicated matters. He is also a remarkable business guru."

Chambers USA, Client Quote

2022 Edition

Over 200 deals for Cisco Systems, including the acquisitions of:
- Scientific-Atlanta for $6.9B
- NDS Group for $5B
- Acacia Communications for $4.5B
- AppDynamics for $3.7B
- Webex Communications for $3.2B
- Starent Networks for $2.9B
- Sourcefire for $2.7B
- Duo Security for $2.3B
- BroadSoft for $1.9B
VeriSign's $21B merger with Network Solutions
Symantec’s $10.7B sale of its Enterprise Security business to Broadcom
Concur’s $8.3B acquisition by SAP
GitHub's $7.5B acquisition by Microsoft
Symantec’s $7.4B sale of the Veritas information management business to The Carlyle Group
Excite's $7.2B merger with @Home
Symantec's $4.65B merger with Blue Coat
NetScreen Technologies' $4.3B merger with Juniper Networks
Macromedia's $3.4B merger with Adobe Systems
Symantec’s $2.3B acquisition of LifeLock
Fitbit's $2.1B acquisition by Google
ArcSight’s $1.5B acquisition by Hewlett-Packard
Elantec Semiconductor's $1.4B acquisition by Intersil

Over 200 deals for Cisco Systems, including the acquisitions of:
- Scientific-Atlanta for $6.9B
- NDS Group for $5B
- Acacia Communications for $4.5B
- AppDynamics for $3.7B
- Webex Communications for $3.2B
- Starent Networks for $2.9B
- Sourcefire for $2.7B
- Duo Security for $2.3B
- BroadSoft for $1.9B
VeriSign's $21B merger with Network Solutions
Symantec’s $10.7B sale of its Enterprise Security business to Broadcom
Concur’s $8.3B acquisition by SAP
GitHub's $7.5B acquisition by Microsoft
Symantec’s $7.4B sale of the Veritas information management business to The Carlyle Group
Excite's $7.2B merger with @Home
Symantec's $4.65B merger with Blue Coat
NetScreen Technologies' $4.3B merger with Juniper Networks
Macromedia's $3.4B merger with Adobe Systems
Symantec’s $2.3B acquisition of LifeLock
Fitbit's $2.1B acquisition by Google
ArcSight’s $1.5B acquisition by Hewlett-Packard
Elantec Semiconductor's $1.4B acquisition by Intersil

Shockwave Medical’s pending $13.1B acquisition by Johnson & Johnson
Loxo Oncology’s $8B acquisition by Eli Lilly
Alpine Immune Sciences’ pending $4.9B acquisition by Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Cepheid’s $4B acquisition by Danaher
Chinook Therapeutics’ $3.5B acquisition by Novartis
Audentes Therapeutics’ $3B acquisition by Astellas Pharma
DICE Therapeutics’ $2.4B acquisition by Eli Lilly
Agilent Technologies’ $1.5B acquisition of Varian
Amunix’s $1.2B acquisition by Sanofi
Dermira’s $1.1B acquisition by Eli Lilly
Connetics' $930M merger with Stiefel Laboratories
Veracyte’s $600M acquisition of Decipher Biosciences

Shockwave Medical’s pending $13.1B acquisition by Johnson & Johnson
Loxo Oncology’s $8B acquisition by Eli Lilly
Alpine Immune Sciences’ pending $4.9B acquisition by Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Cepheid’s $4B acquisition by Danaher
Chinook Therapeutics’ $3.5B acquisition by Novartis
Audentes Therapeutics’ $3B acquisition by Astellas Pharma
DICE Therapeutics’ $2.4B acquisition by Eli Lilly
Agilent Technologies’ $1.5B acquisition of Varian
Amunix’s $1.2B acquisition by Sanofi
Dermira’s $1.1B acquisition by Eli Lilly
Connetics' $930M merger with Stiefel Laboratories
Veracyte’s $600M acquisition of Decipher Biosciences

Clif Bar & Company's $2.9B acquisition by Mondelēz
Diamond Foods’ $2.35B Reverse Morris Trust merger with the Pringles business of Procter & Gamble (ultimately abandoned)
Fitbit’s $2.1B acquisition by Google
Diamond Foods’ $1.9B acquisition by Snyder’s-Lance
Diamond Foods’ $615M acquisition of Kettle Chips
Cisco Systems’ $590M acquisition of Pure Digital
Cisco Systems’ $500M acquisition of Linksys
Diamond Foods’ acquisition of the Pop Secret business from General Mills

Clif Bar & Company's $2.9B acquisition by Mondelēz
Diamond Foods’ $2.35B Reverse Morris Trust merger with the Pringles business of Procter & Gamble (ultimately abandoned)
Fitbit’s $2.1B acquisition by Google
Diamond Foods’ $1.9B acquisition by Snyder’s-Lance
Diamond Foods’ $615M acquisition of Kettle Chips
Cisco Systems’ $590M acquisition of Pure Digital
Cisco Systems’ $500M acquisition of Linksys
Diamond Foods’ acquisition of the Pop Secret business from General Mills