Arman Sagart

Cooley advised NKGen Biotech, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, on its business combination agreement with special purpose acquisition company Graf Acquisition Corp. IV – a combination that will result in NKGen becoming a publicly listed company.

Cooley advised Red Tree Venture Capital on a $108 million oversubscribed Series B financing – co-led by RA Capital Management – in Bicara Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing biologics for anti-tumor response.

Cooley advised CinCor Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca. M&A partners Rama Padmanabhan and Rowook Park and corporate partners Div Gupta and Sarah Sellers led the Cooley team.

A Cooley team advised Horizon Therapeutics, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, on its agreement to be acquired by Amgen. The approximately $28 billion merger would represent the third-largest all-cash transaction in the pharmaceutical sector in history and the biggest healthcare deal of 2022.

Cooley advised ViaCyte, a biotechnology company focused on delivering novel stem cell-derived cell replacement therapies as a functional cure for Type 1 diabetes (T1D), on its definitive agreement to be acquired by global biotechnology company Vertex Pharmaceuticals for $320 million in cash. Partners Rowook Park and Carlos Ramirez, along with associate Lindsey O’Crump, led the Cooley team advising ViaCyte.