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Cooley advised Michael Lahyani, the founder and CEO of Property Finder, in connection with Property Finder’s combined investment of $525 million, led by funds managed by Permira and Blackstone. As part of the transaction, General Atlantic, which had been a cornerstone investor of Property Finder, undertook a secondary sale of part of its stake.

Cooley advised Philochem AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Philogen Group (Milan Stock Exchange: PHIL), on its definitive license agreement with RayzeBio, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), granting RayzeBio exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize OncoACP3, a clinical-stage therapeutic and diagnostic agent targeting prostate cancer.

Cooley advised Autolus – a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation programmed T-cell therapies – on its strategic collaboration with BioNTech, an immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases, to advance both companies’ autologous CAR-T programs toward commercialization, as well as a $350 million underwritten offering.

Cooley advised Moogsoft, an artificial intelligence-driven provider of intelligent monitoring solutions that support DevOps and ITOps, on its agreement to sell to Dell Technologies. Lawyers Steve Tonsfeldt, Mark Tanoury, Sangitha Palaniappa and Allison Peth led the Cooley team advising Moogsoft.

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Cooley is advising Veritone, an artificial intelligence company, on its acquisition of Broadbean for $52 million.