Cooley Hires David Wang as First Chief Innovation Officer
- Significance
- Medium
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Cooley is buying the talent to run AI at scale. A meaningful marker of where the firm's capability is heading.
Cooley hired David Wang -- previously Wilson Sonsini's first Chief Innovation Officer, where he built the Neuron platform and led early agentic-AI contracting work -- as its first-ever Chief Innovation Officer, leading technology, business innovation and AI strategy.
- Significance
- Medium
- Source type
- Trade Press
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