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Hello Group Acquires Happn

September 24, 2025

Cooley advised Hello Group, a leading player in Asia’s online social networking space, on its acquisition of Happn, a French location-based social search mobile and web application that enables users to connect with others based on their proximity and interests.

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Yilin Xu
Partner, Beijing
Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
Ruomu Li
Partner, Shanghai
Michael Shen
Special Counsel, Shanghai
Lunga Su
Associate, Shanghai
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
Associate, Brussels
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Julie Paulino Montejo
Associate, New York
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Yi Jia Ng
Special Counsel, Singapore
Anna Caro
Associate, London
Michael Pelle
Associate, New York
Harvey Yao
Associate, Hong Kong
Veronica Cortes
Paralegal Specialist, New York

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MannKind to Acquire scPharmaceuticals for up to $360 Million

August 25, 2025

Cooley advised MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD), a company focused on the development and commercialization of inhaled therapeutic products and delivery devices for patients with endocrine and orphan lung diseases, on its definitive merger agreement to acquire scPharmaceuticals for up to $360 million

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Barbara Borden
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Julia Kim
Special Counsel, New York
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Adam J. Longenbach
Partner, New York
Matthew S. Scarano
Associate, San Diego
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Eric Greig
Partner, Washington, DC
Asa Henin
Partner, San Diego
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Emily Mason
Special Counsel, Santa Monica
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Jameson Davis
Associate, Boston
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Josh Himmelstern
Associate, San Diego
Michelle Hunt
Associate
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Jacob R. Lahana
Associate, Santa Monica
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Walter Musgrave
Associate, San Diego
Joseph Perry
Associate, Reston
Allie Pilmer
Associate, San Diego
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Vittoria Rainone
Associate, San Diego
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
Associate, Brussels
Brittany K. Wightman
Associate, San Diego
Jennifer Fitzpatrick
Paralegal Specialist, Washington, DC

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Alumis Announces Merger With ACELYRIN

February 6, 2025

Cooley advised Alumis (Nasdaq: ALMS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies using a precision approach to optimize clinical outcomes and significantly improve the lives of patients with immune-mediated diseases, on its definitive agreement with ACELYRIN to merge in an all-stock transaction.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Kristin VanderPas
Partner, San Francisco
Polina A. Demina
Special Counsel, New York
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
Shaun (Tianjie) Wang
Associate, New York
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Lauren Creel
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Sarah Lightdale
Partner, New York
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Jennifer Raab
Partner, Palo Alto
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Caroline Vu
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Christopher Andrews
Associate, New York
Dannielle Antone
Associate, San Francisco
Tamara Chin Loy
Associate, Washington, DC
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Winda Fung
Associate, Santa Monica
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Kristina Krasnikova
Associate, Palo Alto
Sunny J. Levine
Associate, Colorado
Amanda Lindner
Associate, New York
Jayne M. Munger
Associate, New York
Julianne Orr
Associate, San Francisco
Michael Pelle
Associate, New York
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
Associate, Brussels
Jesse Schulman
Associate, Colorado
Freddy Yip
Associate, Hong Kong
Isabella Ysebrands
Associate, San Francisco

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Keros Therapeutics Announces Ex-China Global License Agreement With Takeda

December 3, 2024

Cooley advised Keros Therapeutics (Nasdaq: KROS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics to treat a wide range of patients with disorders linked to dysfunctional signaling of the transforming growth factor-beta family of proteins, on its exclusive global development and commercialization license agreement with Takeda Pharmaceuticals to advance elritercept.

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Alan W. Tamarelli
Partner, New York
Ryan Sansom
Partner, Boston
Marc Recht
Partner, Boston
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
Associate, Brussels
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels

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Sprout Social Acquires Tagger Media

August 4, 2023

Cooley advised Sprout Social, a social media management software company, on its $140 million acquisition of Tagger Media, a top influencer marketing platform, and a concurrent $100 million secured debt facility, which will be partially used to fund the acquisition.

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Erin J. Kirchner
Partner, Chicago
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Addison Pierce
Partner, Chicago
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Nyron J. Persaud
Partner, New York
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Guadalupe Sampedro
Partner, London
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Miriam Petrillo
Partner, Chicago
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Adam Fleisher
Partner, Washington, DC
Ariane A. Andrade
Partner, Chicago
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Chelsea André
Associate, Colorado
Adam Bloom
Associate, Chicago
Megan E. Bowles
Associate, Chicago
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Morgan McCormack
Associate, London
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
Associate, Brussels
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Stevie Yu
Associate, New York
Matthew S. Scarano
Associate, San Diego
Jennifer Fitzpatrick
Paralegal Specialist, Washington, DC

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