Jennifer Don

Cooley advised Propella Therapeutics, a privately held biopharmaceutical company that has leveraged a wholly owned proprietary platform that combines medicinal chemistry with lymphatic targeting to create new oncology drugs, on its merger agreement with Astellas Pharma in which Astellas will acquire Propella through a US subsidiary.

Cooley advised Battery Ventures, a global investment firm focusing on technology, on its acquisition of GrammaTech’s software products division, including the CodeSonar and CodeSentry product lines.

Cooley advised Deepwatch, a leader in managed security services, on its $180 million equity investments and strategic financing from Springcoast Capital, Splunk Ventures and Vista Credit Partners.

Cooley advised Stori, a rapidly growing fintech company offering credit card products to Mexico’s underserved population, on its latest financing round of $150 million, which values the company at $1.2 billion. Stori now joins the ranks of the few Mexican startups that have reached unicorn status. Lawyers Mike Lincoln, Eddie Sniezek and Jennifer Don led the Cooley team advising Stori.

Cooley advised the initial purchasers on BigCommerce Holding’s offering of $345 million aggregate principal amount of 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and BofA Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. BigCommerce, whose securities trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol BIGC, is a leading software-as-a-service ecommerce platform. Partners Nicole Brookshire, Mischi a Marca, Jason Savich and Darren Destefano led the Cooley team.