Darah Protas

Cooley advised Y-mAbs Therapeutics, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, on its definitive merger agreement with SERB Pharmaceuticals. Under the agreement, SERB will acquire Y-mAbs, including its lead commercial oncology asset, DANYELZA, in an all-cash transaction representing an equity value of approximately $412 million.

Cooley advised the underwriters of Silvaco, a leading provider of technology computer-aided design (TCAD), electronic design animation (EDA) software, and session initiation protocol (SIP) solutions that enable semiconductor design and artificial intelligence through software and innovation, on its $114 million initial public offering.

Cooley advised J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities and TD Cowen, representatives of the several underwriters, in the $1.27 billion follow-on offering by argenx SE, a global immunology company.

Cooley advised the underwriters in the upsized $345.1 million initial public offering of Apogee Therapeutics, a biotechnology company.

Cooley advised the underwriters in Prelude Therapeutics’ $100 million follow-on offering. Prelude Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision oncology company developing innovative drug candidates targeting critical cancer cell pathways. Lawyers Richard Segal, Div Gupta, Darah Protas, Sam Paullin and Katie Lapidus led the Cooley team.