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

2025 07 25 Inmagene

2025 07 25 Inmagene

July 25, 2025

Cooley advised Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals, a privately held, global clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for immunological and inflammatory diseases, on its definitive merger agreement with Ikena Oncology (Nasdaq: IKNA).

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Partner, San Diego
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore
Asa Henin
Partner, San Diego
David Silverman
Partner, New York
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Brittany K. Wightman
Associate, San Diego
Jiqiang Lin
Associate, New York
Leina Verrier
Associate, Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Jean Park
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Michelle Garcia Schulman
Partner, Reston
Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica
Marty Schenker
Senior Counsel , San Francisco
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Bin Wang
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Robert Eisenbach
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Rajdeep Roger Bains
Associate, San Diego
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Adrienne Beaudoin Deshmukh
Associate, Reston
Jeremy M. Exelbert
Associate, New York
Zack Gong
Associate, Shanghai
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Rebeca Kinslow
Associate, San Diego
Hilda Li
Associate, Hong Kong
Lunga Su
Associate, Shanghai
Novak Topalovic
Associate, San Diego
Tania Soris
Associate, New York
Monica Xu
Special Counsel, Shanghai
Sai Yarramalla
Associate, Palo Alto
Andy Zachrich
Associate, San Francisco
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Varda Space Industries Closes $187 Million Series C

Varda Space Industries Closes $187 Million Series C

July 10, 2025

Cooley advised Varda Space Industries, a space research company seeking to use microgravity to improve drug development, on its $187 million Series C financing.

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Peter H. Werner
Partner in Charge – San Francisco, San Francisco
Kevin Gibson
Associate, San Francisco
Scott Lin
Associate, San Francisco
Julianne Orr
Associate, San Francisco
Ryan Sim
Associate, San Francisco
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Kevin Gurley
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Capstan Therapeutics Announces up to $2.1 Billion Acquisition by AbbVie

Capstan Therapeutics Announces up to $2.1 Billion Acquisition by AbbVie

June 30, 2025

Cooley advised Capstan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a mission to multiply therapeutic possibilities for patients through targeted in vivo RNA technologies, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AbbVie.

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Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Ken Rollins
Partner in Charge – San Diego, San Diego
Edmond Lay
Partner, San Diego
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
W. Chad Shear
Partner, San Diego
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Rachel Thorn
Of counsel, New York
Alexandria Ashour
Associate, San Diego
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Michelle Hunt
Associate
Emily Mok
Associate, Reston
Jonathan Perez-Reyzin
Associate, San Diego
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Christopher Suhler
Associate, Colorado
Novak Topalovic
Associate, San Diego
Heidi E. Wang
Associate, San Diego
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Yuhan Wu
Associate, Palo Alto
Joanna Zhang
Associate, San Diego
Jessica Wade
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego

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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Healthcare
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Life Sciences and Healthcare Regulatory
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Labor and Employment
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Commercial Litigation

Harvey Announces $300 Million Series E

Harvey Announces $300 Million Series E

June 24, 2025

Cooley advised Harvey, a domain-specific artificial intelligence platform for legal and professional services, on its $300 million Series E at a $5 billion valuation.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Tara Capsuto
Partner, San Francisco
Christopher Kimball
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Xander Lee
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John Paul Oleksiuk
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John Sellers
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Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Parker Armsby
Associate, New York
Kayla Blaker
Associate, Colorado
Dennis F. Craig II
Associate, Washington, DC
Millie Heuer
Associate, Seattle
Alice C. Hu
Associate, San Francisco
Carl Min
Associate, San Francisco
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco
Michael Suyat
Senior Paralegal, San Francisco
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco
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Mach Industries Secures $100 Million Series B

Mach Industries Secures $100 Million Series B

June 17, 2025

Cooley advised Mach Industries, a new industrial base for the unmanned era of American defense, on its $100 million Series B financing.

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Stephane Levy
Partner, New York
Zoe Egelman
Associate, New York
Steve Andersen
Associate, New York
Kevin Gurley
Quantitative Analyst, New York
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Jim Fulton
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Partner, Washington, DC

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Admissions and credentials

District of Columbia

New York

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

Client quote, Legal 500

International Trade: CFIUS