Ryan Cooper is an associate in the mergers and acquisitions practice of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His transaction experience includes public and private mergers, asset and stock purchases, divestitures, and other strategic transactions.
Experience
Ryan Cooper is an associate in the mergers and acquisitions practice of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His transaction experience includes public and private mergers, asset and stock purchases, divestitures, and other strategic transactions.
Education
- J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2020
- B.A., Political Science, Biola University, 2017Summa Cum Laude
Admissions
- State Bar of California
Credentials
Education
- J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2020
- B.A., Political Science, Biola University, 2017Summa Cum Laude
Admissions
- State Bar of California
Select Matters
Buy-Side Transactions:
- Anduril Industries in its acquisition of the IVAS Program from Microsoft
- Arista Networks in its acquisition of Broadcom’s VeloCloud business
- Cloudflare in various transactions, including its acquisition of Replicate and its acquisition of Void Zero
- Cursor in various transactions, including its: acquisition of Graphite; acquisition of Growth by Design; and acquisition of Autotab
- Encora in various transactions, including its acquisition of Excellarate and its acquisition of Digital Mobile Innovations
- Dolby Laboratories in multiple acquisitions including its acquisition of MPEG LA and its acquisition of GE’s Licensing business
- DoorDash in its acquisition of Grubhub Campus
- Marqeta in its acquisition of TransactPay
- Netlify in multiple acquisitions including its acquisition of Gatbsy and its acquisition of Stackbit
- Oportun in its acquisition of Digit
- Paxos in its acquisition of Fordefi
- Roblox in various transactions, including its: acquisition of Guilded; acquisition of Hamul; acquisition of Loom.ai; acquisition of Speechly; acquisition of Byfron; acquisition of BloxWorks; acquisition of Primatest; and acquisition of Morpheus AI
- Thinking Machines Labs in its acquisition of Workshop Labs
- Zendesk in its acquisition of Tymeshift
Sell-Side Transactions:
- Altruist in its pending sale to Vanguard
- Dolby Laboratories in its divestiture of patents to Dominion Harbor
- Excellergy in its $2 billion sale to Novartis
- Forte Biosciences in its $2.2 billion sale to Argenx
- HashiCorp in its $6.4 billion sale to IBM
- Kami Limited in its sale to BV Investment Partners
- Kiavi in its $717 million sale to Figure
- Loom in its $975 million sale to Atlassian
- Lyft in the sale of its Level 5 self-driving division
- Soleno Therapeutics in its $2.9 billion sale to Neurocrine
- Text IQ in its sale to Relativity
- Warpstream Labs in its sale to Confluent
- Windsurf in its sale to Cognition
- Zynga in its $12.7 billion sale to Take-Two
Other Strategic Transactions:
- Anduril in its UAE-U.S. Joint Venture with EDGE Group
- DoorDash in its U.S.-CAN Joint Venture with Loblaws
- Scale AI in its $14.35 billion preferred stock investment from Meta
Matters
Select Matters
Buy-Side Transactions:
- Anduril Industries in its acquisition of the IVAS Program from Microsoft
- Arista Networks in its acquisition of Broadcom’s VeloCloud business
- Cloudflare in various transactions, including its acquisition of Replicate and its acquisition of Void Zero
- Cursor in various transactions, including its: acquisition of Graphite; acquisition of Growth by Design; and acquisition of Autotab
- Encora in various transactions, including its acquisition of Excellarate and its acquisition of Digital Mobile Innovations
- Dolby Laboratories in multiple acquisitions including its acquisition of MPEG LA and its acquisition of GE’s Licensing business
- DoorDash in its acquisition of Grubhub Campus
- Marqeta in its acquisition of TransactPay
- Netlify in multiple acquisitions including its acquisition of Gatbsy and its acquisition of Stackbit
- Oportun in its acquisition of Digit
- Paxos in its acquisition of Fordefi
- Roblox in various transactions, including its: acquisition of Guilded; acquisition of Hamul; acquisition of Loom.ai; acquisition of Speechly; acquisition of Byfron; acquisition of BloxWorks; acquisition of Primatest; and acquisition of Morpheus AI
- Thinking Machines Labs in its acquisition of Workshop Labs
- Zendesk in its acquisition of Tymeshift
Sell-Side Transactions:
- Altruist in its pending sale to Vanguard
- Dolby Laboratories in its divestiture of patents to Dominion Harbor
- Excellergy in its $2 billion sale to Novartis
- Forte Biosciences in its $2.2 billion sale to Argenx
- HashiCorp in its $6.4 billion sale to IBM
- Kami Limited in its sale to BV Investment Partners
- Kiavi in its $717 million sale to Figure
- Loom in its $975 million sale to Atlassian
- Lyft in the sale of its Level 5 self-driving division
- Soleno Therapeutics in its $2.9 billion sale to Neurocrine
- Text IQ in its sale to Relativity
- Warpstream Labs in its sale to Confluent
- Windsurf in its sale to Cognition
- Zynga in its $12.7 billion sale to Take-Two
Other Strategic Transactions:
- Anduril in its UAE-U.S. Joint Venture with EDGE Group
- DoorDash in its U.S.-CAN Joint Venture with Loblaws
- Scale AI in its $14.35 billion preferred stock investment from Meta
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Wilson Sonsini Advises World Labs on $8.2 Billion Acquisition by AMD
On September 28, 2026, AMD, a global semiconductor company, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs, an AI model and research lab led by AI pioneer Dr. Fei-Fei Li. The acquisition will bring a world-class team of researchers and model experts to AMD, strengthening its ability to develop AI hardware, software, and systems. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising World Labs on the transaction.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises DoorDash on $300 Million Acquisition of Wonder’s Grubhub Campus Dining Business
On September 15, 2026, DoorDash, a global leader in local commerce, and Wonder, a leading food technology platform, announced that DoorDash will acquire Wonder's Grubhub Campus Dining business for $300 million. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised DoorDash on the transaction.
Grubhub Campus Dining, formerly known as Tapingo, enables millions of students at more than 450 colleges and universities to order a meal from campus dining facilities and on-campus restaurants using its mobile app or kiosks, pay for the meal with campus dining dollars, and schedule the pickup. Following the close of the transaction, DoorDash intends to continue expanding Grubhub Campus Dining in the U.S., enhance the selection and convenience available to students, and bring Tapingo’s vertically integrated technology stack beyond college campuses to stadiums, hotels, and other similar venues.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised DoorDash on the transaction was led by partners Rezwan Pavri, Lang Liu, Sachin Kohli, and Brendan Mahan and associates Ryan Cooper and Jackie Jung. The team also included:
Grubhub Campus Dining, formerly known as Tapingo, enables millions of students at more than 450 colleges and universities to order a meal from campus dining facilities and on-campus restaurants using its mobile app or kiosks, pay for the meal with campus dining dollars, and schedule the pickup. Following the close of the transaction, DoorDash intends to continue expanding Grubhub Campus Dining in the U.S., enhance the selection and convenience available to students, and bring Tapingo’s vertically integrated technology stack beyond college campuses to stadiums, hotels, and other similar venues.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised DoorDash on the transaction was led by partners Rezwan Pavri, Lang Liu, Sachin Kohli, and Brendan Mahan and associates Ryan Cooper and Jackie Jung. The team also included:
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