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ACELYRIN Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering

May 15, 2023

Cooley advised Acelyrin, INC., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, in its $621 million initial public offering, the second-largest biotechnology IPO and largest clinical-stage biotechnology IPO ever.

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Absolute Software Announces $870 Million Acquisition by Crosspoint Capital

May 15, 2023

Cooley advised Absolute Software, a data risk management solutions and endpoint security provider, on its acquisition by Crosspoint Capital for approximately $870 million, inclusive of debt.

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Associate, Colorado
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Queenie Chen
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David Silverman
Partner, New York
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Megan Browdie
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Amanda Griggs
Associate, New York
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Anthony Hajj
Associate, New York
Alexander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
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Barbara Mirza
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Ross Eberly
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Kristopher Kleiner
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Structure Therapeutics – $185.3 Million IPO

February 9, 2023

San Francisco – February 9, 2023 Cooley advised Structure Therapeutics, a clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company, on its $185.3 million initial public offering, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional American depositary shares. Lawyers Charlie Kim, Patrick Loofbourrow, Andrew Harline and Su Lian Lu led the Cooley team.

The offering marks the first sizable US life sciences IPO this year. Structure Therapeutics will use the proceeds to develop new oral therapies for the treatment of various diseases, including those impacting the metabolic, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. Its lead product candidate targets Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Structure Therapeutics aims to develop and deliver novel oral therapeutics to treat a wide range of chronic diseases with unmet medical needs. Its differentiated technology platform leverages structure-based drug discovery and computational chemistry expertise, enabling it to build a pipeline of product candidates. The company currently focuses on G-protein-coupled receptors as a therapeutic target class.

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Special Counsel, Washington DC
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Associate, Colorado
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Super Group Completes Warrant Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation

January 10, 2023

Cooley advised Super Group, the holding company for top global online sports betting and gaming businesses Betway and Spin, on the completion of its public warrant exchange offer and warrant consent solicitation, as well as its related earnout shares waiver. Jointly, the measures removed the potential issuance of approximately 78.8 million of Super Group’s ordinary shares, lowering Super Group’s potential fully diluted share count by 13.6%. The exchange offer and consent solicitation simplified Super Group’s capital structure, increased its public float and reduced the potentially dilutive impact of the warrants.

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TCGplayer Agrees to Sell to eBay

August 24, 2022

Cooley advised TCGplayer, an online marketplace for collectible card game enthusiasts, on its agreement to sell to global commerce company eBay. Partners Kevin Cooper and Jeff Laretto led the Cooley team advising TCGplayer.

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