John F. Cohan is a Corporate Partner with Gesmer Updegrove LLP in Boston, focusing his practice on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity financings, bank financings, private placements of equity and debt securities, intellectual property licensing, software licensing, and technology law. His practice ranges from multi-million-dollar acquisitions and corporate loans, venture capital, and private equity financing transactions to representing and advising early-stage and emerging companies and technology entrepreneurs in connection with their contracting, licensing, business planning, and general corporate compliance. His experience provides him with a unique perspective that enables him to seamlessly tether the business and legal needs of clients.