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Apollo Endosurgery to Be Acquired by Boston Scientific

Palo Alto – December 2, 2022 – Cooley advised Apollo Endosurgery, a medical device company, on its agreement to be acquired by Boston Scientific in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $615 million. Partners Mark Weeks, Ben Beerle, Milson Yu and John McKenna led the Cooley team, along with special counsel Matt Silverman and associate Sangitha Palaniappa.

Upon completion of the transaction, Apollo will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific. Cooley has represented Apollo throughout its life cycle, from early venture capital financings and initial public offering to follow-on equity and debt offerings.

Apollo Endosurgery is a medical technology company focused on development of next-generation, minimally invasive devices to advance therapeutic endoscopy designed to treat a variety of gastrointestinal conditions, including closure of gastrointestinal defects, managing gastrointestinal complications and weight loss as a treatment for obesity.

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Related Contacts
Ben Beerle  Partner San Francisco
Mark Weeks  Partner Palo Alto
Milson Yu  Partner Palo Alto
John McKenna  Partner Palo Alto
Matthew D. Silverman  Special Counsel Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Sangitha Palaniappa  Associate Palo Alto
Megan Browdie  Partner Washington, DC
Ross Eberly  Partner Los Angeles – Santa Monica, Los Angeles – Downtown
Sarah Lightdale  Partner New York
Phil Mitchell  Partner New York
Howard Morse  Partner Washington, DC
Jason Savich  Partner San Francisco
Charity Williams  Partner San Diego
Jeff Goldman  Special Counsel Palo Alto
Christine Graham  Special Counsel London, Brussels
Natasha Leskovsek  Of Counsel Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross  Special Counsel Washington, DC
Stella Sarma  Special Counsel Brussels, London
Karen Tsai  Special Counsel Washington, DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen  Senior Counsel Palo Alto
Selma Abdel-Qader  Associate Brussels
Andrew Bae  Associate Washington, DC
Victoria Comesañas  Associate Palo Alto
Jessica Dallas  Associate Palo Alto
Katherine Denby  Associate Washington, DC
Zack Gong  Associate Shanghai
Wyatt Kernell  Associate New York
Kristina Krasnikova  Associate Palo Alto
Daniel Lac  Associate San Diego
Edmond Lay  Associate San Diego
James Lin  Associate New York
Amanda Pacheco  Associate Palo Alto
Greg Reith  Associate Washington, DC
Erica Russell  Associate San Francisco
Jennifer Shanley  Special Counsel New York
Rubin Waranch  Associate Washington, DC
Katie Weeks  Associate Palo Alto
Freddy Yip  Associate Hong Kong
Jovian Marcelo  Associate Palo Alto