Claire Keast-Butler

Cooley advised Amryt Pharma, a Dublin, Ireland-based commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Chiesi Farmaceutici, a Parma, Italy-based research-focused biopharmaceuticals and healthcare group, in a $1.48 billion cash and contingent value right (CVR) transaction. Partners Bill Sorabella, Claire Keast-Butler and Bill Roegge led the joint US and UK Cooley team advising Amryt.

Cooley advised Silence Therapeutics in a $56.5 million registered direct offering of 5,950,000 American Depositary Shares (ADS), each representing three ordinary shares, at a price of $9.50 per ADS. Silence is a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing molecules incorporating novel short interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) to inhibit the expression of specific target genes thought to play a role in the pathology of diseases with significant unmet medical need. Partners Josh Kaufman, Div Gupta, Nicolas H.R. Dumont and Claire Keast-Butler led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised Biote, a medical practice-building business within the hormone optimization space, on its definitive business combination agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Haymaker Acquisition Corp III. Lawyers Michal Berkner and Jarrett Burks led the Cooley team advising Biote.

Cooley advised Alvotech Holdings, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and manufacturing of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide, on its agreement to merge with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II. Lawyers Michal Berkner, Div Gupta, Nicolas Dumont and Jarrett Burks led the Cooley team advising Alvotech.

Cooley advised the underwriters of fashion ecommerce platform Rent the Runway’s $357 million initial public offering of 17,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock, which now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol RENT. Lawyers Nicole Brookshire, Christina Roupas, Minkyu Park, Rebecca Warner and Leah Duncan led the Cooley team advising Rent the Runway.