Eric Y. Cohen

Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Los Angeles – Century City +1 310 552 4318

Eric Y. Cohen

Practices

Overview

Eric Cohen is a corporate partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.  He represents clients in a variety of complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic investments, recapitalizations and restructurings, equity incentive arrangements, and other corporate and commercial matters.

Thoma Bravo in its acquisitions of Magnet Forensics Inc. (TSX:MAGT) and UserTesting, Inc. (NYSE:USER)

Nexus Capital Management in its acquisition of TruRoots from the J.M. Smucker Company

Private equity firm in its acquisition of a settlement and claims administration servicer

Private equity firm in its acquisition of a refractory products supplier

Online direct-to-consumer soap company in its sale to a private equity firm

Sponsor-backed cloud-based records management service on its majority sale

Image recognition startup in its sale to a public company

Media conglomerate in its strategic investment in a production company

Investment firm in its joint venture with a team of real estate executives

Sidley Austin LLP

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2017California

Education

  • New York University School of LawJ.D.cum laude2016
    New York University Law Review
  • San Diego State UniversityB.S., Financecum laude2012