Nyron J. Persaud

Cooley advised Hootsuite, a global leader in social media management, on its definitive agreement to acquire Talkwalker, a top artificial intelligence-powered social listening solution.

Cooley advised Alto Neuroscience, a company redefining psychiatry by leveraging individuals’ neurobiology to develop personalized and highly effective medicines and helping patients get better faster, on its $147.9 million initial public offering.

Cooley advised Tectonic Therapeutic, a privately held biotechnology company developing G-protein coupled receptor-targeted therapeutic proteins, on its definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with AVROBIO, a gene therapy company with a purpose to free people from a lifetime of genetic disease. Tectonic also obtained $130.7 million in private financing commitments with a syndicate of new and existing leading life sciences investors in connection with the merger.

Cooley advised cloud-based construction software company Payapps and its private equity sponsor IFM Investors on a definitive agreement in which Payapps will be acquired by Autodesk, a multinational software company.

Cooley advised Luna Innovations, a global leader in advanced fiber optic-based technology, on its $50 million investment from White Hat Capital Partners and its acquisition of Silixa.