Tanisha A. James

About Tanisha A. James

Tanisha James is an award-winning M&A and antitrust attorney, venture capitalist, author, speaker, diversity champion and mentor. Most recently, she was an equity partner at Cooley LLP where her practice focused on the representation and counseling of corporate clients in connection with their domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, strategic combinations, minority investments, joint ventures and government and private investigations. Her clients regularly entrust her with guiding investors, boards, executives and funds through the merger assessment & advisement process, merger review analysis and procedure, negotiation with governmental and private parties, responding to second requests and agency investigations, advocating before domestic and multi-national agencies and political bodies, coordinating high profile domestic and cross-jurisdictional antitrust defense strategies and teams, and advising on interlocking directorates. The breath of Tanisha’s experience comes from years of working collaboratively with clients primarily in high-tech and life sciences section, including biotech, pharma, digital/print media and publishing, software/cloud solutions, and more.Tanisha also has experience with consumer products, beauty, apparel, edtech, fintech, industrial equipment, automotive parts, food, logistics and sports. Tanisha has made multiple appearances on the Super Lawyers annual list of Rising Stars, was recognized in the inaugural edition of the Lawyers of Color “Hot List,” and listed in the Who\'s Who Legal List of Future Leaders. In recent years, Tanisha has been named a Rising Star by the New York Law Journal, an M&A/Antitrust Trailblazer by the National Law Journal, a Notable Woman in Law by Crain’s New York and a 40 under 40 by the Network Journal. Most recently, she was named a “Recommended Lawyer” in the area of Merger Control by Legal 500 United States, to the NBA\'s 2021 40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates, and the Corporate Counsel’s Women, Influence & Power in Law – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion.While at Cooley, Tanisha served as the first chair of the firm’s Black Attorney Affinity Group and on numerous firm committees including, the Partnership Nomination Committee, the 2020 Board Nomination Committee, the Pro Bono Committee and the Mental Health & Wellness Committee. Tanisha recently left Cooley after practicing for 15 exciting years to focus on venture capital advising and investing, supporting underreprestedand founders, and to pursue other creative opportunities and philanthropic ventures.

Experience

1. General Counsel & Member

   Pink Fox

   Jul 2025 — Present

Education

• Wake Forest University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government

  2000 — 2004

• American University Washington College of Law

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  2005 — 2008

Skills

• Legal Advice
• Appeals
• Trials
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Legal Research
• Commercial Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Corporate Law
• Intellectual Property
• Westlaw
• Automotive
• High-Tech Industry
• Competition Law
• Class Actions
• Consumer Goods
• Courts