Jim Coffey
General Counsel And Chief Operating Officer
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJim Coffey is General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer with over 30 years of experience guiding complex corporate, securities, and intellectual property matters across North and South America, the EU, and China. He blends deep transactional expertise in M&A, venture finance, and life sciences with hands-on operational leadership at a publicly traded energy technology company. A longtime advisor to biotech firms, research institutions, and medical device manufacturers, he has repeatedly steered cross-border deals and strategic partnerships under high-stakes conditions. Recognized by Best Lawyers, IAM Patent 1000, and as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer, he pairs top-tier legal credentials with executive decision-making. Jim’s academic grounding includes an LL.M. in Corporate Law from NYU and a J.D., and he brings an uncommon mix of courtroom-caliber advocacy and startup-focused commercial pragmatism. Based in Boston, he also maintains a professional curiosity about advanced AI applications, reflected by a GitHub interest in bringing deep learning to extreme problem domains.
9 years of coding experience
B.A. cum laude Political Science, B.A. cum laude Political Science at Providence CollegeLL.M. Corporate Law, LL.M. Corporate Law at New York University School of LawJ.D. Law, J.D. Law at New England Law | Boston
English, FrenchProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JamesFCoffey/Iceberg-or-Ship-CNN-Classifier
Nov 2017 - Sep 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
JamesFCoffey/katana
Nov 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:57 pushes, 61 branches in 4 months
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