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Sanity Closes $85 Million Series C

May 8, 2025

Cooley advised Sanity, a content management system that helps build dynamic, content-rich experiences and streamline content workflows, on its $85 Million Series C.

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Kevin Rooney
Partner, San Francisco
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ida Mahmoudi
Associate, San Francisco
Narmada Murugan
Associate, Palo Alto
Alice Wu
Associate, Palo Alto
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Lowell Mead
Partner, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Allison Pang
Associate, Palo Alto
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
David H. Zhou
Associate, Palo Alto
Melanie Yuvienco
Paralegal Specialist, Palo Alto

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Cerberus Announces Landmark Investment in Aquatech

April 3, 2025

Cooley advised Cerberus Capital Management, a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $65 billion in assets across complementary credit, real estate and private equity strategies, on its growth investment in Aquatech, a global leader in water technology and services for industrial and infrastructure markets.

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Garland “Sonny” W. Allison
Partner, Colorado
Amelia Runyan Davis
Partner, Colorado
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Zachary Sonenshine
Associate, New York
Morgan Baker
Associate, Washington, DC
Feroz Khalidi
Associate, Colorado
Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Adam Fleisher
Partner, Washington, DC
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Steve Flores
Partner, Chicago
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
John Lavoie
Partner in Charge – Reston, Reston
Carly Mitchell
Partner, Washington, DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Stacey Song
Partner, New York
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington, DC
Scott Weston
Partner, Boston
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Peter Crain
Special Counsel, Reston
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Alanna B Zuchelli
Special Counsel, Reston
Meredith Ashlock
Associate, Colorado
Nicholas Balenger
Associate, Reston
Jasmine A. Banks
Associate, Washington, DC
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Susan Choy
Associate, New York
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Jeremy M. Exelbert
Associate, New York
Jimmy Gilligan
Associate, Boston
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Virat Gupta
Associate, Washington, DC
Dr. Aeraj ul Haque
Associate, Chicago
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Xueqing Li
Associate, San Francisco
Arthi Naini
Associate, New York
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Leanne Andrepont
Senior Trademark Paralegal
Megan Boss
Senior Paralegal , Boston
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jill Simon
Senior Paralegal, New York
Luke Sande
Patent Agent, Boston

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EsoBiotec Announces up to $1 Billion Acquisition by AstraZeneca

March 17, 2025

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.

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Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Simon Amies
Partner, London
Russell Anderson
Partner, London
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Charlie Lightfoot
Partner, London
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Guadalupe Sampedro
Partner, London
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Partner, London
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
David Wilson
Partner, London
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Jack Jones
Special Counsel, London
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Kafeel Azher
Associate, London
Sarah Buchik
Associate, New York
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Michael Fernando
Associate, London
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Mark Jones
Associate, London
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Chris Lynn
Associate, London
Morgan McCormack
Associate, London
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Alexandra Paterson
Associate, London
Zhijing Yu
Associate, Singapore
Kevin Gurley
Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Lovable Announces $15 Million Pre-Series A

February 25, 2025

Cooley advised Lovable Labs, a Sweden-based artificial intelligence startup, on its $15 million pre-Series A financing round. The round was led by Creandum, with participation from Visionaries Club and angel investors, including Charlie Songhurst (Meta Platforms board), Adam D’Angelo and Thomas Wolf (Hugging Face), and Erik Bernhardsson (Modal Labs).

Lawyers Kevin Rooney, Karem Jarada, Carl Min, Shelby Saunders, Rebecca Ross, Christopher Kimball and Karen Tsai led the Cooley team advising Lovable, with support from paralegal Chu Lee and transactional quantitative analyst Jake Ironfield.

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Kevin Rooney
Partner, San Francisco
Karem M. Jarada
Associate, San Francisco
Carl Min
Associate, San Francisco
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Chu Lee
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Harvey Announces $300 Million Series D

February 12, 2025

Cooley advised Harvey, a domain-specific artificial intelligence (AI) platform for legal and professional services, on its $300 million Series D financing at a $3 billion valuation.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Tara Capsuto
Partner, San Francisco
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jamin Agosti
Associate, San Francisco
Parker Armsby
Associate, New York
Alice C. Hu
Associate, San Francisco
Carl Min
Associate, San Francisco
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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