Amanda Pacheco

Cooley advised Hengrui Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company, on its exclusive license agreement with Braveheart Bio for HRS-1893, a small-molecule inhibitor of cardiac myosin independently developed by Hengrui Pharma with best-in-class potential.

Cooley advised Enlaza Therapeutics, the first covalent biologics platform company, on its multi-target drug discovery collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals, to utilize Enlaza’s proprietary War-Lock technology platform to develop small format drug conjugates and T-cell engagers for certain autoimmune diseases and improved conditioning in sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.

Cooley advised Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), a global financial technology firm, on its acquisition of Malachite, a high-performance consensus engine from Informal Systems, to support the launch of Arc, a new open Layer-1 blockchain network purpose-built for stablecoin finance, which is expected to debut in testnet later this year.

Cooley advised the underwriters of Shoulder Innovations, a medical technology company exclusively focused on transforming the shoulder surgical care market, in connection with Shoulder Innovations’ $75 million initial public offering (IPO).

Cooley advised Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL), a leading asset manager redefining alternatives, on an up to $500 million term loan facility for Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MDGL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering novel therapeutics for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.