Athina Gaki

Cooley advised Apollo Endosurgery, a medical device company, on its agreement to be acquired by Boston Scientific in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $615 million.

Cooley advised Amryt Pharma, a Dublin, Ireland-based commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Chiesi Farmaceutici, a Parma, Italy-based research-focused biopharmaceuticals and healthcare group, in a $1.48 billion cash and contingent value right (CVR) transaction. Partners Bill Sorabella, Claire Keast-Butler and Bill Roegge led the joint US and UK Cooley team advising Amryt.

Cooley advised Tenable, an exposure management company, on its definitive agreement to acquire Apex Security, an innovator in securing the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence attack surface.

Cooley advised Feedzai, a global leader in fraud and financial crime prevention, on its acquisition of Demyst, including Demyst’s Zonic data workflow orchestration platform, intellectual property and sophisticated data-integration capabilities.

Cooley advised EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies that has demonstrated promising early clinical activity, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca (London Stock Exchange/Nasdaq Stockholm/Nasdaq: AZN) for up to $1 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis.