A. Blake Cooper

A. Blake Cooper is a partner in Buchalter’s Corporate Practice Group in Salt Lake City. He advises companies on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fundraising, capital transactions, and securities matters. His clients range from startups to large public companies, and his work includes transactions that require coordination of governance, financing, regulatory review, and strategic business objectives across different stages of company growth.

Cooper earned a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law and a B.A. from Seton Hall University. His education supports a transactional practice that combines legal analysis with the practical demands of business formation, financing, acquisitions, and corporate governance. He applies that background when helping companies evaluate transaction structures, regulatory obligations, and documentation for significant corporate events and continuing business operations.

Cooper has handled mergers and acquisitions, private financings, joint ventures, and capital markets matters. His work includes Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notifications before the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, as well as SEC reporting and capital markets matters for public companies. Representative transactions include work involving Bloom Nutrition, Uscreen, Pictometry, Wolverine World Wide, and PepsiCo, reflecting experience across technology, consumer products, and other industries.

A. Blake Cooper has been recognized for corporate and transactional work, including recognition in The Legal 500 US Elite for Corporate and M&A and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Mergers and Acquisitions Law. His practice combines deal execution with ongoing corporate guidance. He helps businesses structure transactions, address securities and competition requirements, and move complex strategic matters from planning through closing.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Buchalter
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Utah State Bar

Licensed State

• New York
• Utah

Education

• University of Connecticut School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Seton Hall University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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