About Christopher

Chris is chair of Cooley’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), trade controls, and government contracts practice, and he advises companies and investors – large and small, US and international – on the regulatory and practical complexities of foreign investments in the US and of doing business with US government customers.

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Experience

Tourmaline Bio Enters Into Agreement to be Acquired by Novartis

Tourmaline Bio Enters Into Agreement to be Acquired by Novartis

September 9, 2025

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Katherine Denby
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Pengli Li
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Nyron J. Persaud
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Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Anne Luquette
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Brittany Sanok
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Annie Froehlich
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Austin Holt
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Christopher Kimball
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Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Carly Mitchell
Partner, Washington, DC
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
John Paul Oleksiuk
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Alan W. Tamarelli
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Dr. Michael Tuscan
Partner, Washington, DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
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Infleqtion to Go Public Through Merger With Churchill Capital Corp X

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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Mike Nelson
Partner, Colorado
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Partner, San Francisco
Kristin VanderPas
Partner, San Francisco
Peter Byrne
Partner, New York
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
Won Lee
Associate, Colorado
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Associate, Colorado
Orion Armon
Partner, Colorado
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
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Partner, Santa Monica
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Caroline Hobson
Partner, London
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Carly Mitchell
Partner, Washington, DC
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
Anna Caro
Associate, London
Danielle Carvalho
Associate, Boston
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Maddie Drabble
Associate, London
Austin Dressen
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
Andrew Mettry
Associate
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Emily Mok
Associate, Reston
Juan Nascimbene
Associate, London
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Emma Plankey
Associate, Boston
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Brandan Ward
Associate, Colorado
Zi Ye
Associate, Palo Alto
Katherine Duplay
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Brandon Lefebvre
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Wugen Secures $115 Million Series C Financing

Wugen Secures $115 Million Series C Financing

September 5, 2025

Cooley advised Wugen, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the next generation of allogeneic, off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies, on its $115 million Series C financing.

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Partner, San Diego
Jeremy Gentile
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Heidi E. Wang
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Associate, San Diego
Charles Bair
Partner, San Diego
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Edmond Lay
Partner, San Diego
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Richard Koch
Associate, Washington, DC
Walter Musgrave
Associate, San Diego
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Santa Monica
Alla Kagan
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Jessica Wade
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Emerging Companies
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Life Sciences
Healthcare
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Hengrui Pharma and Braveheart Bio Enter Into Exclusive License Agreement

Hengrui Pharma and Braveheart Bio Enter Into Exclusive License Agreement

September 5, 2025

Cooley advised Hengrui Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company, on its exclusive license agreement with Braveheart Bio for HRS-1893, a small-molecule inhibitor of cardiac myosin independently developed by Hengrui Pharma with best-in-class potential.

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Alan W. Tamarelli
Partner, New York
Freddy Yip
Associate, Hong Kong
Steve Przesmicki
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Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Zhijing Yu
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Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Robert Eisenbach
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TBO to Acquire Classic Vacations From the Najafi Companies

TBO to Acquire Classic Vacations From the Najafi Companies

September 3, 2025

Cooley advised TBO, a leading global travel distribution platform, on its agreement to acquire Classic Vacations from Arizona-based investment firm, the Najafi Companies.

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Rishab Kumar
Partner, Palo Alto
Patrick Reed
Associate, Palo Alto
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
John Clark
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Associate, New York
Michael Bergmann
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Partner, Washington, DC
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
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Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
William Corcoran
Of Counsel, Boston
Margaret Barreto
Associate, San Francisco
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Jacob R. Lahana
Associate, Santa Monica
Grigor Lynch
Associate, Colorado
Shante Mays
Associate, Reston
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Edward (Teddy) Nimetz
Associate, New York
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Associate, Santa Monica
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Associate, Colorado
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, London
Margie Murphy
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Rankings and accolades

Chambers USA: Space – Nationwide (2025)

Chambers USA: International Trade: CFIUS Experts – Nationwide (2021 – 2025)

The Legal 500 US: Leading Lawyer in CFIUS (2023 – 2025)

Christopher brings a steady hand and level head to CFIUS complexities

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International Trade: CFIUS