Cooley’s Jamie Leigh Built Women-Led M&A Team, Then Tackled Wellness

Jamie Leigh, the co-chair of Cooley’s M&A practice, may be a powerhouse dealmaker, but she hasn’t let that distract her from an aspect of practice that busy attorneys are apt to forget—mental health and wellness.

Leigh has worked on numerous blockbuster transactions during her time at Cooley, including serving as sole lead on Tableau Software Inc.’s $16 billion sale to Salesforce.com Inc., and Google LLC’s $2.6 billion acquisition of analytic startup Looker Data Sciences Inc.

Leigh started her Big Law career as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, and then moved to Latham & Watkins before ...