Thomas A. Coll is a partner in the Cooley Business department and Head of the Business & Technology Practice Group in the Firm's San Diego office, where he resides. Mr. Coll joined the Firm in 1989, practicing in the San Francisco office until moving to San Diego as a founding member of that office in November 1991.

Mr. Coll's practice covers a broad range of general corporate matters, including counseling public and privately-held companies regarding disclosure and reporting requirements, technology licensing, equity incentives, employee compensation and benefits and the formation of new businesses. Mr. Coll also represents clients in a broad range of transactional matters, including public offerings, public and private company mergers and acquisitions, corporate partnering and licensing transactions, spin-offs and venture capital financings. He is counsel to public and private companies in a broad range of industries, with a focus on the computer hardware and software, telecommunications, biotechnology and medical products industries.

From 2007-2015, Mr. Coll was named to the Best Lawyers in America list in the categories of Biotechnology Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, and Venture Capital Law. He was also named to the 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 Southern California Super Lawyers list in the category of Business/Corporate Law.

Mr. Coll received a JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985, earning a BS, with highest honors in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and finance. He is a member of the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association and the San Diego County Bar Association. Mr. Coll was selected for the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for the Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law category.