About Chadwick L.
Chadwick L. Mills is a certified attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California. He used to be licensed to the California State Bar in 1999. His license is presently in active standing. Mr. Mills is a partner at Cooley LLP, a law firm specializing in corporate and securities law, with workplaces in Palo Alto, California. He has been practicing law for over 26 years, serving clients throughout the state.
Mr. Mills earned his law degree degree from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of the Law), graduating in 1999. Prior to law school, he completed his undergraduate education on the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving a Bachelor of Science diploma in Political Science in 1996.
Mr. Mills concentrates his practice in the areas of company and securities law, with a specific focus on representing public life sciences companies. He offers ongoing compliance and strategic recommendation to biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical tool firms, in addition to their forums of administrators, on a range of securities, corporate, and investor outreach things. His talent includes monetary reporting and disclosure problems, shareholder engagement and activism, securities services, and corporate governance matters. He has worked with numerous public lifestyles sciences clients, including BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and Seagen.
Throughout his profession, Mr. Mills has represented issuers in more than 30 public company financings and preliminary public services over the past five years. Notable transactions include advising BioMarin Pharmaceutical on its $720 million public providing of regular stock, assisting Seagen with a $552 million public providing of common stock, and guiding Jazz Pharmaceuticals through a $575 million combination principal quantity of exchangeable senior notes. He is admitted to practice earlier than all courts in California.
Mr. Mills is an active member of the State Bar of California. He has been acknowledged by his peers and was decided on to Rising Stars for 2012–2013. He is fluent in English and serves clients during California.
