Wainwright Fishburn

Partner, Cooley, San Diego

Wainwright Fishburn, Jr. is a founding partner of Cooley’s San Diego office, a prominent venture capital attorney and global chair of the firm’s digital health group. Fishburn's practice emphasizes general representation of life science, technology and other operating companies that range from startup through IPO. His practice focuses on corporate governance matters as well as mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and intellectual property licensing and management. He also assists his client companies in financing matters, often involving the placement of debt and equity securities. Fishburn is a co-founder of seven companies, two of which became public. He earned his B.A. from the University of Arizona, completed post-graduate work as a Senior Fellow at the Australian National University and received his JD degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law.