Cooley Recruits Schneider as Venture Capital Practice Partner

James Schneider has signed on with Cooley as a partner in Boston, where he’s joined the firm’s emerging companies and venture capital practice, the firm said Tuesday.

Schneider most recently was with RA Capital Management, where he was deputy general counsel for the firm’s life sciences-focused VC practice.

At RA, Schneider focused on private and public investments, including coordinating with portfolio companies regarding deal structures and terms. He also advised on numerous late-stage, crossover and complex private investment in public equity, or “PIPE” financing transactions.

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