John Clendenin

John is the chair of Cooley's global fund formation practice group. His practice focuses on the representation of domestic and international investment funds – including venture capital, private equity, fund of funds, secondary funds and special opportunity funds in connection with their formation, operation and investment activities. He has represented sponsor organizations in the formation of more than 125 fund programs, ranging from some of the most well-known, multibillion-dollar investment firms to much smaller firms forming seed and early-stage venture capital, angel and similar microcap funds. In addition to his fund formation practice, John also represents a number of emerging growth companies in financing transactions and general corporate matters.