Courtney Thorne

Cooley advised CinCor Pharma on its upsized $212 million initial public offering of 13,290,813 shares of common stock, which included a partial exercise of the underwriter’s option to purchase additional shares of common stock. CinCor, whose shares now trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol CINC, is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing its lead clinical candidate, CIN-107, for the treatment of hypertension and other cardio-renal diseases. CinCor’s IPO was one of the first IPOs of 2022. Partners Ryan Sansom, Div Gupta and Courtney Thorne led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised Exscientia, an AI-driven pharmatech company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, on its $510.4 million initial public offering, including concurrent private placements to SoftBank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Partners David Boles, Claire Keast-Butler, Div Gupta and Marc Recht led the Cooley team advising Exscientia.

Cooley advised Finch Therapeutics on its $127.5 million initial public offering of 7,500,000 shares of common stock. Finch Therapeutics, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol FNCH, is a clinical-stage microbiome therapeutics company. Partners Div Gupta and Ryan Sansom led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised Immunocore on its $297.1 million initial public offering of 11,426,280 American depositary shares, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Immunocore, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol IMCR, is a late-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of a novel class of T-cell receptor bispecific immunotherapies designed to treat a broad range of diseases. Partners Div Gupta, Eric Blanchard, Nicola Maguire and Claire Keast-Butler led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised the underwriters on Nanobiotix’s $113.3 million initial public offering of 8,395,000 ordinary shares (global offering) – including the offering of 6,540,000 American depositary shares, each representing one ordinary share, in the US (the US offering) and a concurrent offering of 1,855,000 ordinary shares in certain jurisdictions outside of the US to certain investors (the European offering) – which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Jefferies acted as global coordinator and joint book-running manager for the global offering; Evercore Group and UBS Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the US offering; and Gilbert Dupont acted as manager for the European offering. Nanobiotix, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol NBTX, also trades on the Euronext Paris Market under the symbol NANO. Nanobiotix is a clinical-stage nanomedicine company pioneering new approaches to the treatment of cancers. Partners Brian Leaf, Div Gupta and David Boles led the Cooley team.