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Cooley Advises io Products on $6.5 Billion Acquisition by OpenAI

May 29, 2025

Cooley advised io Products, an engineering and product manufacturing company co-founded by Jony Ive to develop, engineer and manufacture a new family of products for the artificial general intelligence era, on its approximately $6.5 billion acquisition by OpenAI. As part of the deal, Ive and his creative collective, LoveFrom, will assume deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI. 

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Adam Ruttenberg
Partner, Washington, DC
Craig Jacoby
Partner, San Francisco
Garth Angelo Osterman
Partner, San Francisco
Nick Davis
Partner in Charge – Seattle, Seattle
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Jamin Agosti
Associate, San Francisco
Meera Patel
Associate, San Francisco
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
Steve Flores
Partner, Chicago
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christopher B. Durbin
Of Counsel, Seattle
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Alexander Ellebracht
Associate, Palo Alto
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Jessica Li
Associate, Palo Alto
Anne Luquette
Associate, San Francisco
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston

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BioMarin Acquires Inozyme Pharma

May 22, 2025

Cooley advised BioMarin Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: BMRN), a global biotechnology company dedicated to translating the promise of genetic discovery into medicines that make a profound impact on the life of each patient, on its definitive agreement to acquire Inozyme Pharma for $4 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $270 million.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Siana Lowrey
Of Counsel
Chadwick Mills
Partner, San Francisco
Parth Bhatt
Associate, San Francisco
Alex Hammer
Associate, San Francisco
Talya Kornitzer
Associate, New York
Anne Luquette
Associate, San Francisco
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco
Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Christophe Beauduin
Partner, New York
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica

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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
Sara Kim
Associate, Los Angeles
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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Confluent Acquires WarpStream

September 9, 2024

Cooley advised Confluent, a data-streaming platform pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure that sets data in motion, on its acquisition of WarpStream, an Apache Kafka-compatible data-streaming platform.

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Garth Angelo Osterman
Partner, San Francisco
Jenny Ge
Associate, Santa Monica
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Jon Avina
Partner, Palo Alto
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Tiffany Allen
Associate, Palo Alto
Nikki Chang DiFederico
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Josh Himmelstern
Associate, San Diego
Anne Luquette
Associate, San Francisco
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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WSO2 to Be Acquired by EQT

May 6, 2024

Cooley advised WSO2, a leading provider of application development and identity and access management software to enterprise companies globally, on its agreement to be acquired by EQT’s BPEA Fund VIII (EQT Private Capital Asia).

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Nick Davis
Partner in Charge – Seattle, Seattle
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Edward (Teddy) Nimetz
Associate, New York
Anne Luquette
Associate, San Francisco
Brian Woodard
Paralegal Specialist, Seattle
David Silverman
Partner, New York
Yuri Weigel
Special Counsel, Seattle
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Amelia Runyan Davis
Partner, Colorado

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