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James D.
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Retired Partner, Corporate

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James D. Cooper retired from Cravath’s Corporate Department in December 2017. He represented and advised banking clients in a wide variety of domestic and international financing transactions, including financings of mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations and spin‑offs, working capital financings and various special‑purpose financings. Mr. Cooper also counseled corporate borrowers negotiating financing arrangements with banks and other financial institutions.

Mr. Cooper was born in Whittier, California. He received an A.B. summa cum laude from the University of Chicago in 1976, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979.

Mr. Cooper joined Cravath in 1979 and became a partner in 1986.

Mr. Cooper was born in Whittier, California. He received an A.B. summa cum laude from the University of Chicago in 1976, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979.

Mr. Cooper joined Cravath in 1979 and became a partner in 1986.

Education

  • J.D., 1979, Yale Law School
  • A.B., 1976, University of Chicago
    Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude

James D. Cooper retired from Cravath’s Corporate Department in December 2017. He represented and advised banking clients in a wide variety of domestic and international financing transactions, including financings of mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations and spin‑offs, working capital financings and various special‑purpose financings. Mr. Cooper also counseled corporate borrowers negotiating financing arrangements with banks and other financial institutions.

Mr. Cooper was born in Whittier, California. He received an A.B. summa cum laude from the University of Chicago in 1976, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979.

Mr. Cooper joined Cravath in 1979 and became a partner in 1986.

Mr. Cooper was born in Whittier, California. He received an A.B. summa cum laude from the University of Chicago in 1976, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979.

Mr. Cooper joined Cravath in 1979 and became a partner in 1986.

Education

  • J.D., 1979, Yale Law School
  • A.B., 1976, University of Chicago
    Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude

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