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HAYA Therapeutics Closes $65 Million Series A

May 8, 2025

Cooley advised HAYA Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering precision RNA-guided regulatory genome-targeting therapeutics, on its $65 million Series A financing round. The round was led by Sofinnova Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from Eli Lilly and Company, ATHOS, +ND Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, and LifeLink Ventures, with additional support from existing investors Apollo Health Ventures, Longview Ventures (an affiliate of Broadview Ventures), 4see ventures, BERNINA Bioinvest and Schroders Capital.

Lawyers Danielle Gershowitz, Josh Seidenfeld, Amanda Gonzalez Burton, Kristine Kevorkova and Thomas Heiser led the Cooley team advising HAYA Therapeutics.

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Danielle Gershowitz
Partner, New York
Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
Amanda Gonzalez Burton
Associate, New York
Kristine Kevorkova
Associate, Santa Monica
Thomas Heiser
Associate, Palo Alto
Jessica Li
Associate, Palo Alto
Harriet Fraser
Associate, New York

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CinCor Pharma to Sell to AstraZeneca for Approximately $1.8 Billion

January 10, 2023

Cooley advised CinCor Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca. M&A partners Rama Padmanabhan and Rowook Park and corporate partners Div Gupta and Sarah Sellers led the Cooley team.

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Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Sarah Sellers
Partner, New York
Christophe Beauduin
Partner, New York
Izzy Lubarsky
Partner, New York
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Trey Reilly
Associate, New York
Amy Hallman Rice
Special Counsel, San Diego
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
MaryBeth Shreiner
Special Counsel, Reston
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Santa Monica
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ryan Sansom
Partner, Boston
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Aric Wu
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Nyron J. Persaud
Partner, New York
Helenanne Connolly
Partner, Reston
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Barry Kuang
Associate, Boston
Rajdeep Roger Bains
Associate, San Diego
Alexander Fullman
Associate, New York
Amanda Gonzalez Burton
Associate, New York
Sarah Curry
Associate, New York
Carly Mitchell
Partner, Washington, DC
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York

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