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Gracell Biotechnologies Agrees to Acquisition by AstraZeneca for up to $1.2 Billion

December 26, 2023

Cooley advised Gracell Biotechnologies, a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca.

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Gracell Biotechnologies Announces Up to $150 Million Private Placement Financing Joined by Syndicate of Premier Healthcare Investors

August 9, 2023

Cooley advised Gracell Biotechnologies, a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative and highly efficacious cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, on its private placement financing of up to $150 million.

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Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
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Associate, Singapore
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International Legal Project Manager, Hong Kong

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Structure Therapeutics – $185.3 Million IPO

February 9, 2023

San Francisco – February 9, 2023 Cooley advised Structure Therapeutics, a clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company, on its $185.3 million initial public offering, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional American depositary shares. Lawyers Charlie Kim, Patrick Loofbourrow, Andrew Harline and Su Lian Lu led the Cooley team.

The offering marks the first sizable US life sciences IPO this year. Structure Therapeutics will use the proceeds to develop new oral therapies for the treatment of various diseases, including those impacting the metabolic, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. Its lead product candidate targets Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Structure Therapeutics aims to develop and deliver novel oral therapeutics to treat a wide range of chronic diseases with unmet medical needs. Its differentiated technology platform leverages structure-based drug discovery and computational chemistry expertise, enabling it to build a pipeline of product candidates. The company currently focuses on G-protein-coupled receptors as a therapeutic target class.

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Thomas Welk
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Dani Nazemian
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Rebecca Ross
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Associate, San Diego
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Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
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TI Cloud – $71.7 Million IPO

July 27, 2022

Cooley advised TI Cloud on its $71.7 million initial public offering of 43,530,000 shares at a public offering price of HK$12.85 per share. TI Cloud offers a broad array of cloud-native customer contact solutions that enable enterprises to engage in multichannel customer interactions. Partners Michael Yu and Will Cai led the Cooley team.

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TI Cloud – HK$559.4 Million IPO

July 1, 2022

Cooley advised TI Cloud, a cloud-native customer contact solution provider, on its HK$559.4 million ($71.7 million) initial public offering of 43,530,000 shares (subject to an overallotment option to issue an additional 6,529,400 shares), which now trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Partners Michael Yu and Will Cai led the Cooley team advising TI Cloud, which also included Jie Zhang, Ying Liu, Keke Wu, Zhengyang Li, Lingyi Lin and Philip Kwan. 
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