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Apollo Endosurgery to Be Acquired by Boston Scientific

February 1, 2023

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.

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Mark Weeks
Partner, Palo Alto
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
John McKenna
Partner, Palo Alto
Matthew D. Silverman
Special Counsel, San Diego
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Sarah Lightdale
Partner, New York
Pat Mitchell
Partner, Boston
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington DC
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Selma Abdel-Qader
Associate, Brussels
Andrew Bae
Associate, Washington DC
Victoria Comesañas
Associate, Palo Alto
Jessica Dallas
Associate, Palo Alto
Katherine Denby
Associate, Washington DC
Zack Gong
Associate, Shanghai
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, New York
Kristina Krasnikova
Associate, Palo Alto
Daniel Lac
Associate, San Diego
Edmond Lay
Associate, San Diego
James Lin
Associate, New York
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Greg Reith
Associate, Washington DC
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Jennifer Shanley
Special Counsel, New York
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Washington DC
Katie Weeks
Associate, Palo Alto
Freddy Yip
Associate, Hong Kong
Jovian Marcelo
Associate, Palo Alto

Tmunity Therapeutics Agrees to Sell to Kite

December 28, 2022

Cooley advised Tmunity Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, on its agreement to sell to Kite, a global biopharmaceutical company. Partners Mark Weeks, Ben Beerle and Marya Postner led the Cooley team.

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Mark Weeks
Partner, Palo Alto
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Marya Postner
Partner, Palo Alto
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Jenny Ge
Associate, San Francisco
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Kate Hillier
Partner, Seattle
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington DC
David Walsh
Partner, Reston
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Andrew Bae
Associate, Washington DC
Baasit Bhutta
Associate, Palo Alto
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
John Forrest
Associate, Boston
Joyce Li
Associate, Chicago
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington DC
Maya Rahwanji
Associate, New York
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Washington DC
Zimu Yang
Associate, Washington DC
Freddy Yip
Associate, Hong Kong

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Dropbox Acquisition of FormSwift

December 16, 2022

Cooley advised Dropbox on its acquisition of FormSwift, a cloud-based service that provides individuals and businesses solutions to create, edit and save critical business forms and agreements. Dropbox is a collaboration platform transforming how people work together – from the smallest business to the largest enterprise. Lawyers Ben Beerle, Kassendra Galindo, Luke Blackett and Erin Wright led the Cooley team advising Dropbox.

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Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Luke X. Blackett
Associate, San Francisco
Rachel Boyce
Associate, San Francisco
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Austin Holt
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Michelle Garcia Schulman
Partner, Reston
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Erin Wright
Associate, San Francisco

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Cornerstone OnDemand Agrees to Sell to Clearlake Capital Group for $5.2 Billion

August 6, 2021

Cooley advised Cornerstone OnDemand, a publicly traded global leader in talent management software, on its agreement to sell to private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group. Lawyers Jamie Leigh, Ben Beerle, Rachel Proffitt and Matt Silverman led the Cooley team advising Cornerstone on the transaction, which has an enterprise value of approximately $5.2 billion.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Rachel Proffitt
Partner, San Francisco
Matthew D. Silverman
Special Counsel, San Diego
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Jacob B. Hanna
Associate, San Francisco
Julia Gage
Associate, San Francisco
Scott Lin
Associate, San Francisco
Kevin Rivers
Associate, Palo Alto

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Zoom to Acquire Five9 for $14.7 Billion

July 23, 2021

Cooley advised Zoom Video Communications on its agreement to acquire Five9, a leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $14.7 billion. Jamie Leigh, Ben Beerle, Anne Lieberman and Jon Avina led the Cooley team advising Zoom on the transaction.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Anne Lieberman
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Jon Avina
Partner, Palo Alto
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Daniel Han
Associate, New York
Calise Cheng
Partner, Palo Alto
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Travis LeBlanc
Partner, Washington DC
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Michael Basile
Partner, Washington DC
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Robert M. McDowell
Partner, Washington DC
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
J.G. Harrington
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Alexander Israel
Partner in Charge – Brussels, Brussels
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Kevin Rivers
Associate, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Julia Boesch
Associate, San Francisco
Henry Wendel
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington DC
Mor Agam
Associate, New York
Claire Gibbs
Associate, Washington DC
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington DC
Grace Hunter
Associate, Washington DC

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