Jeffrey J. Tolin

Cooley advised Capstan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a mission to multiply therapeutic possibilities for patients through targeted in vivo RNA technologies, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AbbVie.

Cooley advised Feedzai, a global leader in fraud and financial crime prevention, on its acquisition of Demyst, including Demyst’s Zonic data workflow orchestration platform, intellectual property and sophisticated data-integration capabilities.

Cooley advised Meanwhile, an insurtech company that leverages cryptocurrency, on its $40 million Series A financing round. Lawyers Derek Colla and Barry Kuang led the Cooley team advising Meanwhile.

Cooley advised EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies that has demonstrated promising early clinical activity, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca (London Stock Exchange/Nasdaq Stockholm/Nasdaq: AZN) for up to $1 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis.

Cooley advised Hummingbird Bioscience, a Singapore-based biotherapeutics company working at the interface of artificial intelligence and human innovation to discover and develop transformative medicines for hard-to-treat diseases, on its exclusive worldwide license agreement with Callio Therapeutics, a newly launched biotech company focused on realizing the promise of multipayload antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to improve cancer therapy.