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Infleqtion to Go Public Through Merger With Churchill Capital Corp X

September 8, 2025

Cooley advised Infleqtion, a global leader in neutral atom-based quantum technology, on its definitive business combination agreement with Churchill Capital Corp X, with the aim to accelerate Infleqtion’s mission to commercialize quantum products that provide orders of magnitude improvement in computing and precision sensing applications.

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Partner, Colorado
Garth Angelo Osterman
Partner, San Francisco
Kristin VanderPas
Partner, San Francisco
Peter Byrne
Partner, New York
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
Won Lee
Associate, Colorado
Ryan Lewis
Associate, Colorado
Orion Armon
Partner, Colorado
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Caroline Hobson
Partner, London
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Carly Mitchell
Partner, Washington, DC
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
Anna Caro
Associate, London
Danielle Carvalho
Associate, Boston
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Maddie Drabble
Associate, London
Austin Dressen
Associate, Colorado
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Virat Gupta
Associate, Washington, DC
Peter A. Haddad
Associate, San Diego
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
Andrew Mettry
Associate
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Emily Mok
Associate, Reston
Juan Nascimbene
Associate, London
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Emma Plankey
Associate, Boston
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Brandan Ward
Associate, Colorado
Zi Ye
Associate, Palo Alto
Katherine Duplay
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston
Kathryn Benvenuti
Associate, New York

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TBO to Acquire Classic Vacations From the Najafi Companies

September 3, 2025

Cooley advised TBO, a leading global travel distribution platform, on its agreement to acquire Classic Vacations from Arizona-based investment firm, the Najafi Companies.

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Rishab Kumar
Partner, Palo Alto
Patrick Reed
Associate, Palo Alto
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
John Clark
Partner, London
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Michael Bergmann
Partner, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
William Corcoran
Of Counsel, Boston
Margaret Barreto
Associate, San Francisco
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Jacob R. Lahana
Associate, Santa Monica
Grigor Lynch
Associate, Colorado
Shante Mays
Associate, Reston
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Edward (Teddy) Nimetz
Associate, New York
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Santa Monica
Christopher Suhler
Associate, Colorado
David H. Zhou
Associate, Palo Alto
Agis Zografos
Associate, London
Margie Murphy
Paralegal Specialist, New York
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

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Rubrik Announces Acquisition of Predibase

June 25, 2025

Cooley advised Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), a leading cybersecurity company, on its agreement to acquire Predibase to accelerate agentic artificial intelligence adoption from pilot to production at scale. 

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Kevin Cooper
Partner, New York
Caitlin Cunningham
Special Counsel, Colorado
Jon Avina
Partner, Palo Alto
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Kristen Mathews
Partner, New York
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Ryan Vann
Partner, Chicago
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dani Nazemian
Special Counsel, San Diego
Raychelle L. Eddings
Associate, Chicago
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Associate, Palo Alto
Cameron Gyorffy
Associate, Santa Monica
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Santa Monica
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
David H. Zhou
Associate, Palo Alto
Kevin Gurley
Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Cooley Advises io Products on $6.5 Billion Acquisition by OpenAI

May 29, 2025

Cooley advised io Products, an engineering and product manufacturing company co-founded by Jony Ive to develop, engineer and manufacture a new family of products for the artificial general intelligence era, on its approximately $6.5 billion acquisition by OpenAI. As part of the deal, Ive and his creative collective, LoveFrom, will assume deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI. 

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Adam Ruttenberg
Partner, Washington, DC
Craig Jacoby
Partner, San Francisco
Garth Angelo Osterman
Partner, San Francisco
Nick Davis
Partner in Charge – Seattle, Seattle
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Jamin Agosti
Associate, San Francisco
Meera Patel
Associate, San Francisco
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
Steve Flores
Partner, Chicago
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christopher B. Durbin
Of Counsel, Seattle
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Alexander Ellebracht
Associate, Palo Alto
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Anne Luquette
Associate, San Francisco
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston

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Rillet Secures $25 Million Series A

May 28, 2025

Cooley advised Rillet, an artificial intelligence-native enterprise resource planning platform, on its $25 million Series A financing round.

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Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
Shaun (Tianjie) Wang
Associate, New York
Danielle Gershowitz
Partner, New York
Jim Fulton
Partner, New York
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Megan Boss
Senior Paralegal , Boston
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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