Cooley Rehires Ex-SEC Leader Tejal Shah as Litigation Partner
Cooley LLP has brought back a familiar face: Tejal Shah, who rejoins the firm as a partner in its global litigation department after nearly 12 years at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Most recently serving as an Associate Director in the SEC’s New York office, she will now play a central role in Cooley’s expanding SEC enforcement practice
Tejal Shah worked at Cooley’s New York office from 2006 to 2014 before joining the SEC, where she rose to Associate Director, overseeing 150 staff and leading probes into insider trading, market manipulation, accounting fraud, and compliance failures.
Her return strengthens Cooley’s market-leading securities litigation and enforcement group.
“We could not be more excited to welcome Tejal home.” said Ian Shapiro, chair of Cooley’s global litigation department.
Patrick Gibbs, head of securities litigation + enforcement, added that her SEC background gives clients “rare insight into high-stakes investigations.”
Shah said the move back to Cooley felt natural:
“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to reunite with my talented and collaborative former Cooley colleagues. I cannot imagine a better place to return to private practice and am looking forward to tackling the most complex challenges facing Cooley’s uniquely innovative clients.”
Cooley LLP is a global law firm with nearly 1,400 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States, Asia, and Europe, and a total workforce of over 3,000 people. The firm is renowned for its work with technology, life sciences, venture capital, regulatory enforcement, and litigation, representing leading-edge companies, investors, and private funds.
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