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StubHub Announces $800 Million IPO

September 18, 2025

Cooley advised the underwriters of StubHub Holdings, a global secondary ticketing marketplace for live events, in connection with StubHub’s $800 million initial public offering (IPO).

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Dana N. Levin
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Liz Paisner
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Infleqtion to Go Public Through Merger With Churchill Capital Corp X

September 8, 2025

Cooley advised Infleqtion, a global leader in neutral atom-based quantum technology, on its definitive business combination agreement with Churchill Capital Corp X, with the aim to accelerate Infleqtion’s mission to commercialize quantum products that provide orders of magnitude improvement in computing and precision sensing applications.

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Associate, Seattle
Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
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Associate, Colorado
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Associate, Colorado
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Partner, Colorado
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Partner, London
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Partner, London
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Partner, Santa Monica
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Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, London
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Seattle
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
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Associate, London
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Associate, Boston
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Associate, Santa Monica
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Associate, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Maddie Drabble
Associate, London
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Associate, Colorado
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Virat Gupta
Associate, Washington, DC
Peter A. Haddad
Associate, San Diego
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
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Associate
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Associate, London
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Associate, London
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Associate, Washington, DC
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Associate, Boston
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Associate, Colorado
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Quantitative Analyst, Boston
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DigitalOcean Announces $625 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

August 18, 2025

Cooley advised DigitalOcean Holdings (NYSE: DOCN), a simple, scalable cloud platform that democratizes cloud and artificial intelligence for digital native enterprises around the world, on its $625 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2030 in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, including the exercise in full of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase up to an additional $75 million aggregate principal amount of the notes.

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Special Counsel, San Francisco
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Associate, San Francisco
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
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Associate, San Francisco
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Associate, Washington, DC
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Heartflow Announces $364.2 Million Upsized IPO

August 11, 2025

Cooley advised the underwriters of Heartflow, a leader in artificial intelligence technology for coronary artery disease, in connection with Heartflow’s $364.2 million upsized initial public offering.

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Special Counsel, Brussels
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, San Diego
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Associate, Colorado
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Shoulder Innovations Announces $75 Million IPO

July 31, 2025

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).

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Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, Santa Monica
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Partner, New York
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Partner, Boston
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Special Counsel, Reston
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Associate, San Francisco
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Associate, Colorado
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