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Capstan Therapeutics Announces up to $2.1 Billion Acquisition by AbbVie

June 30, 2025

Cooley advised Capstan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a mission to multiply therapeutic possibilities for patients through targeted in vivo RNA technologies, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AbbVie.

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Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Ken Rollins
Partner in Charge – San Diego, San Diego
Edmond Lay
Partner, San Diego
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
W. Chad Shear
Partner, San Diego
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Chen Chen
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Rachel Thorn
Of counsel, New York
Alexandria Ashour
Associate, San Diego
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Michelle Hunt
Associate
Emily Mok
Associate, Reston
Jonathan Perez-Reyzin
Associate, San Diego
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
David D. Suh
Associate
Christopher Suhler
Associate, Colorado
Novak Topalovic
Associate, San Diego
Heidi E. Wang
Associate, San Diego
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Yuhan Wu
Associate, Palo Alto
Joanna Zhang
Associate, San Diego
Jessica Wade
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego

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Poseida Therapeutics Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by Roche for up to $1.5 Billion

November 26, 2024

Cooley advised Poseida Therapeutics, a clinical-stage allogeneic cell therapy and genetic medicines company advancing differentiated nonviral treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune and rare diseases, on its merger agreement to be acquired by Roche at a price of $9 per share in cash at closing, plus a non-tradable contingent value right to receive up to an aggregate of $4 per share in cash, payable upon achievement of specified milestones. The price payable at closing represents a total equity value of up to $1.5 billion and a premium of approximately 215% to Poseida’s closing share price on November 25, 2024. Cooley previously represented Poseida in its initial public offering, equity and debt transactions, and collaboration agreements, including its collaboration agreement with Roche.

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Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Barbara Borden
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Julia Kim
Special Counsel, New York
Rajdeep Roger Bains
Associate, San Diego
Josh Himmelstern
Associate, San Diego
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Anne Luquette
Associate, San Francisco
Allie Pilmer
Associate, San Diego
Tom Coll
Partner, San Diego
Kenneth Krisko
Partner, Reston
Edmond Lay
Partner, San Diego
John Forrest
Associate, Boston
Jenny Ge
Associate, Santa Monica
Peter Adams
Partner, San Diego
Michael Bergmann
Partner, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Robert Eisenbach
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Maricel Mojares-Moore
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Alexandria Ashour
Associate, San Diego
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Shaun (Tianjie) Wang
Associate, New York
Colleen R. Wellington-Caban
Associate, Washington, DC
Jack Whitaker
Associate, San Diego
Anna Anderson
Paralegal Specialist, London
Novak Topalovic
Associate, San Diego

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Shoreline Biosciences Closes $140 Million Funding

December 12, 2022

Cooley represented Shoreline Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing cellular immunotherapies, on its $140 million financing led by Ally Bridge Group. Partner Tom Coll led the Cooley team.

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Matt Browne
Partner, San Diego
Edmond Lay
Partner, San Diego
Alexandria Ashour
Associate, San Diego
Tom Coll
Partner, San Diego

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Alvotech Agrees to Merge With SPAC Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II

December 9, 2021

Cooley advised Alvotech Holdings, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and manufacturing of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide, on its agreement to merge with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II. Lawyers Michal Berkner, Div Gupta, Nicolas Dumont and Jarrett Burks led the Cooley team advising Alvotech.

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Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Wouter Deleersnyder
Associate, New York
Sonia Nath
Partner, Washington, DC
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Alexandria Ashour
Associate, San Diego
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Alan W. Tamarelli
Partner, New York
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Sanya Sukduang
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
James Maton
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Shehzad Akram
Associate, London
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Barbara Borden
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
Peter Byrne
Partner, New York
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Jill Simon
Senior Paralegal, New York
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York

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