Cooley partners David Peinsipp, Siana Lowrey and Drew Williamson in San Francisco advised longtime client Uber Technologies Inc. on its highly anticipated $8.1 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Partner Peter Werner in San Francisco advised online real estate marketplace Opendoor on its recent $300 million Series E2 financing. And partner Jon Avina in Palo Alto advised Zoom Video Communications on its $864 million IPO.

That slate of deals landed Cooley the award for Startup Firm/Emerging Company Law Firm of the Year as part of the California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards. The Recorder recently caught up with Matthew Bartus and Peter Werner of Cooley’s global emerging companies and venture capital practice, to talk about the firm’s entrepreneurial spirit.