Kenneth J. Rollins is a partner in the Emerging Companies and Securities Regulation practice groups and a member of the Cooley Business department. He joined the Firm in 2002 and is resident in the San Diego office.

Mr. Rollins has a general corporate transactional practice, representing emerging and late stage private companies and public companies in a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including private financings, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, strategic collaborations, commercial agreements, corporate governance matters, and employment and compensation arrangements. He also advises venture capital firms in connection with financings and other transactions. Mr. Rollins is counsel to companies in diverse industries, including information technology, biotechnology, medical device, retail, semiconductor, software and cleantech. His clients range from start-ups to public companies with hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenues.

Mr. Rollins received a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2002, where he served as Senior Managing Editor of the Virginia Tax Review and was awarded the John M. Olin Economics Scholarship. In 1998, he received a BA in Accounting from Southern Utah University where he was selected as valedictorian and named the 1998 Scholar of the Year.

Mr. Rollins is a member of the State Bar of California.