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Autolus Announces Strategic Collaboration With BioNTech, $350 Million Underwritten Offering

February 8, 2024

Cooley advised Autolus – a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation programmed T-cell therapies – on its strategic collaboration with BioNTech, an immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases, to advance both companies’ autologous CAR-T programs toward commercialization, as well as a $350 million underwritten offering.

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Joe Sandys
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Christian Plaza
Partner, Reston
Courtney Thorne
Partner, London
Brian Leaf
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William DuVal
Associate, Reston
Trevor Bossi
Associate, Boston
Tyler Day
Associate, Reston
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Mandy Ching
Associate, London
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
John Clark
Partner, London
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Dr. Matthew Pavao
Partner, Boston
Barbara Borden
Partner, San Diego
David Wilson
Partner, London
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jacqueline Moore
Special Counsel, London
Jack Jones
Associate, London
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Dr. Jessica Cande
Associate, Boston
Anna Caro
Associate, London
Jan Lang
Associate, Brussels
Eerik Kukebal
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Jordan Verrilli
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Grindr Agrees to Merge With SPAC Tiga Acquisition Corp.

May 11, 2022

Cooley is advising Grindr, the #1 social network for the LGBTQ+ community, on its definitive agreement to merge with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Tiga Acquisition Corp. – a combination that will result in Grindr becoming a publicly listed company. Partners Dave Peinsipp, Jamie Leigh, Kristin VanderPas, Garth Osterman, Will Cai, Jeffrey Tolin and Aaron Pomeroy, as well as associates Sangitha Palaniappa, Kyle Huh, JJ Meng, Dannielle Antone, Mike Lam and Meera Patel, led the Cooley team advising Grindr.

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Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, San Francisco
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Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Travis LeBlanc
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Guadalupe Sampedro
Partner, London
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
John Clark
Partner, London
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Bridget R. Reineking
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Miriam Petrillo
Partner, Chicago
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Kyle Huh
Associate, Palo Alto
Madison (JJ) Meng
Associate, San Francisco
Dannielle Antone
Associate, San Francisco
Meera Patel
Associate, San Francisco
Enrique Gallego Capdevila
Special Counsel, Brussels
Anisha Mohin
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Ajay Athavale
Associate, San Francisco
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
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Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

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ICS Learn Sold to Skill & You

March 30, 2022

Cooley advised the shareholders of ICS Learn, an online professional education platform owned by private equity firm Primary Capital Partners, on the platform’s sale to vocational e-learning provider Skill & You, a portfolio company of private equity firm IK Partners. Private equity partner Stephen Rosen led the Cooley team advising the shareholders of ICS Learn.

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Partner, London
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Associate, London
Ann Bevitt
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Dermavant’s $200 Million Financing

May 14, 2021

Cooley advised Dermavant Sciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics in immuno-dermatology, on its $160 million revenue interest purchase and sale agreement for its investigational product tapinarof and its $40 million senior secured credit facility.

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Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Associate, Chicago
Timothy Nguyen
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Anthony Hajj
Associate, New York
Geoffrey Spolyar
Partner, Boston
John Clark
Partner, London
Megan Flynn
Associate, London

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals Acquisition of Redx Pharma's pan-RAF Inhibitor Program Valued up to $206 Million

July 11, 2019

Jazz Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Redx Pharma's (Redx) pan-RAF inhibitor program for the potential treatment of RAF and RAS mutant tumors. Redx will perform certain pre-clinical activities for the program under a separate collaboration agreement with Jazz. Jazz will be responsible for further development, regulatory activities and commercialization. Jazz will pay Redx an upfront payment of $3.5 million. Redx is eligible to receive up to $203 million in development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments and incremental tiered royalties in mid-single digit percentage, based on any future net sales.

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Marya Postner
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Partner, Boston
John Clark
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John Wilkinson
Partner, London
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Partner, San Diego
Dr. Jon Cousin
Partner, Washington, DC
Rachel Thorn
Partner, New York

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