Valneva Announces up to $500 Million Debt Facility With Pharmakon Advisors
San Francisco – October 6, 2025 – Cooley advised Valneva, a specialty vaccine company that develops, manufactures and commercializes prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases addressing unmet medical needs, on a debt facility for up to $500 million in nondilutive financing with funds managed by Pharmakon Advisors. An initial tranche of $215 million will be used to repay in full Valneva’s existing debt facility with Deerfield Management and OrbiMed, inclusive of associated fees and expenses. The remaining up to $285 million may be drawn in the future for potential business development subject to mutual agreement between the parties.
Lawyers Gian-Michele a Marca, Shimeng Cheng, Amanda Fant and Kavi Huded led the multidisciplinary Cooley team advising Valneva. Others on the team included capital markets partners Katie Kazem and Marc Recht, patent counseling and prosecution partner Jonathan Cousin, life sciences partner Christophe Beauduin and special counsel Rena Kaminsky, and tax partner Xander Lee.
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