Claire Keast-Butler

Co-Partner in Charge – London
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I relish the opportunity to work with companies operating in a range of different sectors and investment banks on high profile and innovative capital markets transactions.

Experience

GameStop Announces $2.25 Billion Convertible Senior Notes Offering

June 12, 2025

Cooley advised the initial purchaser of GameStop in connection with GameStop’s offering of $2.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2032.

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Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, San Francisco
Daniel I. Goldberg
Partner, New York
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rodrigo Seira
Special Counsel, Miami
Eric J. Delgado
Associate, New York
Matthew Iannone
Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Xueqing Li
Associate, San Francisco
Christopher Nickas
Associate, New York
Valerie Sapozhnikova
Associate, Los Angeles
Melanie Simon-Giblin
Associate, New York
Philip Whitehead
Associate, London

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Uber Announces $1 Billion Exchangeable Senior Notes Offering

May 15, 2025

Cooley advised Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), a technology platform that uses a massive network, top technology, operational excellence and deep product knowledge to power movement from Point A to Point B, on its offering of $1 billion principal amount of 0% exchangeable senior notes due 2028.

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Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Timothy Nguyen
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Matt Kong
Associate, San Francisco
Carlos Ramirez
Partner, San Diego
Eric Blanchard
Partner, Boston
Siana Lowrey
Of Counsel
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Jacob B. Hanna
Associate, San Francisco
Talya Kornitzer
Associate, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Darren DeStefano
Partner, Reston
Shannon Eagan
Partner in Charge – Palo Alto, Palo Alto
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Michael Neumeister
Partner, Los Angeles
Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica

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Septerna Announces Upsized $331.2 Million IPO

November 1, 2024

Cooley advised the underwriters of Septerna, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a new era of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) oral small molecule drug discovery, on its upsized $331.2 million initial public offering.

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Denny Won
Partner, San Francisco
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Kristin VanderPas
Partner, San Francisco
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Dr. Madhuri Roy
Partner, Palo Alto
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Sarah Miller
Associate, New York
Marjorie O'Neill
Associate, San Francisco
Minkyu Park
Special Counsel, New York
Dr. Mark Westwood
Associate, Palo Alto
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York

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Upstream Bio Announces Upsized $293 Million IPO

October 15, 2024

Cooley advised the underwriters of Upstream Bio, a clinical-stage biotech developing a monoclonal antibody to target respiratory disorders, on its upsized $293 million initial public offering.

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Kristin VanderPas
Partner, San Francisco
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Denny Won
Partner, San Francisco
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Dr. Madhuri Roy
Partner, Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Zack Gong
Associate, Shanghai
Peter A. Haddad
Associate, San Diego
David D. Kim
Associate, San Francisco
Jessica Koffel
Special Counsel, Brussels
Sarah Miller
Associate, New York
Lawrence Traylor
Associate, Santa Monica

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Bicycle Therapeutics – $555.5 Million Private Placement

May 23, 2024

Cooley advised Bicycle Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel class of medicines referred to as Bicycle molecules, on its $555.5 million private placement offering. Partners Laura Berezin, Jaime Chase and Claire Keast-Butler led the Cooley team.

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Laura Berezin
Partner, Seattle
Jaime L. Chase
Partner, Washington, DC
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Dayne Brown
Associate, New York
Eric J. Delgado
Associate, New York
Jane Wang
Associate, New York

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England and Wales

Rankings and accolades

The Legal 500 UK: Leading Individual in Corporate and Commercial – Equity Capital Markets: Mid-Large Gap (2023 – 2024)

Chambers UK: Capital Markets: Equity (2024)

Claire was fantastic to work with. Not only is she extremely knowledgeable in capital markets transactions, she is also affable, easy to talk to and responsive.

Chambers UK, Capital Markets, 2023