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RayzeBio Signs Approximately $4.1 Billion Acquisition Agreement With Bristol Myers Squibb

December 26, 2023

Cooley advised RayzeBio, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical therapeutics (RPT) company with an innovation-leading position in actinium-based RPTs and a pipeline of potentially first-in-class and best-in-class drug development programs, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Tyler McClure
Associate, San Francisco
Carlos Ramirez
Partner, San Diego
Terren O'Connor
Associate, San Diego
Christine S. Kim
Associate, San Diego
Michelle Hunt
Associate
Marya Postner
Partner, Palo Alto
Carly Robinson
Associate, Reston
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Jennifer Shanley
Special Counsel, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC

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Carmot Therapeutics Enters Definitive Merger Agreement With Roche

December 3, 2023

Cooley advised Carmot Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing life-changing therapeutics for people living with metabolic diseases including obesity and diabetes, on its definitive merger agreement in which Roche will acquire Carmot.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Kristin VanderPas
Partner, San Francisco
Lauren Creel
Partner, Palo Alto
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Xander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Kathleen O'Neill
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
J. Brian Stalter
Special Counsel, New York
Jennifer Shanley
Special Counsel, New York
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Dani Nazemian
Special Counsel, San Diego
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Tyler McClure
Associate, San Francisco
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Melissa Meza
Associate, San Diego
Jameson Davis
Associate, Boston
Alexander Ellebracht
Associate, Palo Alto
Mor Agam
Associate, New York
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Andy Zachrich
Associate, San Diego
Dionne A. Thomas
Associate, San Diego
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Jane Jun
Associate, Palo Alto
Samara Zaifman
Associate, Palo Alto
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Claire Norman
Associate, Palo Alto
Anitha Anne
Associate, San Francisco
Kristina Krasnikova
Associate, Palo Alto
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Loraine Torres
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Hitesh Patel
eDiscovery Attorney, Washington, DC

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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
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
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
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Greg Reith
Associate, Washington, DC
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Jennifer Shanley
Special Counsel, New York
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
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, Los Angeles Santa Monica
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, Colorado
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
John Forrest
Associate, Boston
Joyce Li
Associate, Chicago
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
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
Partner, 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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