Peter Werner

I'm passionate about helping great companies form, grow and succeed in the face of intense competition. I'm a corporate lawyer and work with private and public emerging technology, clean tech and consumer product companies, venture capital firms and private equity firms. I regularly assist clients with formation, financings, M&A and general "care and feeding." I am a partner at Cooley LLP, where I'm surrounded by lawyers who share my passion and are committed to working together to achieve the best outcomes for our clients. I graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 2001, and from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997. I serve on the board of directors of the Full Circle Fund.

I grew up outside of Chicago and live in Lafayette, California, and though I've now spent more time in the Bay Area than in Chicago, I still consider myself a Chicagoan. I spend most of my time outside of Cooley chasing after my two little boys, playing ice hockey and rooting for the Cal Bears (who, as with every other year, are going to be so good next year).