David Peinsipp

Cooley advised Acelyrin, INC., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, in its $621 million initial public offering, the second-largest biotechnology IPO and largest clinical-stage biotechnology IPO ever.

Cooley advised the underwriters in LumiraDx Limited’s $100.3 million aggregate financing, consisting of (1) a $75.3 million follow-on offering of 43,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $1.75 per share and (2) a $25.0 million concurrent private placement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. LumiraDx is a diagnostics company manufacturing and commercializing an innovative diagnostic platform that supports a broad menu of tests with lab-comparable performance at the point of care. Partners Denny Won, Kristin VanderPas, Charlie Kim and Dave Peinsipp led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised the underwriters in Arcutis Biotherapeutics’ $172.5 million follow-on offering of 8,625,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $20.00 per share. Arcutis is a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing innovative treatments for immuno-dermatological diseases. Partners Denny Won, Kristin VanderPas, Charlie Kim and Dave Peinsipp led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised the underwriters in Pliant Therapeutics’ $230.0 million follow-on offering of 12,432,432 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $18.50 per share. Pliant is a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering and developing novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis. Partners Denny Won, Charlie Kim, Kristin VanderPas and Dave Peinsipp led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised the underwriters on Zymeworks’ $115.0 million follow-on public offering of 11,035,000 common shares at a price to the public of $8.00 per share and pre-funded warrants to purchase 3,340,000 common shares at a price to the public of $7.9999 per pre-funded warrant. This includes 1,875,000 shares issued upon the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Zymeworks is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing of next-generation multifunctional biotherapeutics. Partners Denny Won, Kristin VanderPas, Charlie Kim and Dave Peinsipp led the Cooley team.