Catherine Riley Tzipori is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she specializes in corporate and securities transactions with a focus on the technology, life sciences, and healthcare sectors. Catherine has experience representing public and private companies in financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities and debt offerings, complex business formations, and other strategic transactions. She also has experience representing leading investment banks and corporate issuers in connection with public offerings. In addition, Catherine has counseled privately and publicly held companies on general corporate governance and disclosure matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Catherine practiced law at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz and Ropes & Gray in New York.
Catherine Riley Tzipori is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she specializes in corporate and securities transactions with a focus on the technology, life sciences, and healthcare sectors. Catherine has experience representing public and private companies in financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities and debt offerings, complex business formations, and other strategic transactions. She also has experience representing leading investment banks and corporate issuers in connection with public offerings. In addition, Catherine has counseled privately and publicly held companies on general corporate governance and disclosure matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Catherine practiced law at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz and Ropes & Gray in New York.
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 2014Managing Editor, Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law
- B.S., Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 2011With Highest Honors; Minor in Law and Society; President, ILR School Student Government Association; Vice President of Administration, Class of 2011 Council; Member, Delta Delta Delta; Member, Rho Lambda National Sorority Leadership Recognition Society; Member, Order of Omega Leadership Honor Society
- Board Member, Shelter Chic Animal Rescue
- Member, New York State Bar Association
- State Bar of Massachusetts
- State Bar of New York
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 2014Managing Editor, Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law
- B.S., Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 2011With Highest Honors; Minor in Law and Society; President, ILR School Student Government Association; Vice President of Administration, Class of 2011 Council; Member, Delta Delta Delta; Member, Rho Lambda National Sorority Leadership Recognition Society; Member, Order of Omega Leadership Honor Society
- Board Member, Shelter Chic Animal Rescue
- Member, New York State Bar Association
- State Bar of Massachusetts
- State Bar of New York
Select Publications
- Co-author with D. Mohaghegh, "Leveraging Trademark Law to Commercialize a Meme," Law360, February 22, 2017
- "Signing in Glitter or Blood?: Unconscionability and Reality Television Contracts," Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013
Select Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, "M&A Strategy for Early to Mid-Stage Entrepreneurs," Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, February 16, 2022
Select Publications
- Co-author with D. Mohaghegh, "Leveraging Trademark Law to Commercialize a Meme," Law360, February 22, 2017
- "Signing in Glitter or Blood?: Unconscionability and Reality Television Contracts," Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013
Select Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, "M&A Strategy for Early to Mid-Stage Entrepreneurs," Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, February 16, 2022
The strategic acquisition pairs Socure’s best-in-class digital identity verification and fraud solutions with a developer-friendly AI orchestration and decisions platform. With this acquisition, Socure—which serves more than 2,700 customers and has verified more than 2.26 billion identities over the past 12 months—further solidifies its leadership position in the identity verification and fraud prevention market, and is propelled into the $200 billion enterprise fraud industry, which additionally encompasses payments fraud, credit underwriting, and AML transaction monitoring. The transaction is expected to close in November.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Socure on the transaction includes:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Mr. Casalena in the transaction. The firm’s team included Marty Korman, Todd Cleary, Megan Baier, Amy Simmerman, Catherine Riley Tzipori, Derek Wallace, Carole Rosenberg, Adrian Broderick, and Ryan Hart.
For more information, please see the companies’ joint news release.
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