Rama Padmanabhan

Partner at Cooley

Speaker

Rama focuses her practice on all types of public and private M&A and cross-border transactions, with an emphasis on Asia. She has extensive experience with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) M&A transactions, reverse mergers, representation of financial buyers and sellers, joint ventures, navigating initial public offering (IPO)/M&A dual-track processes, and other complex transactions. Rama’s industry experience includes technology, fintech, software, semiconductor, digital health and retail. She is a market leader in life sciences, biotech and medical device transactions, with deep experience in divestitures, options to buy and structured transactions.

Rama was named Dealmaker of the Year in Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech at The Deal’s 2020 Middle Market Awards and was recognized by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America in 2022 and 2023. She serves on Cooley’s diversity committee, Women’s Initiative Strategy Committee and partnership nominating committee.