About Julia

Julia is an special counsel in Cooley's antitrust and competition practice and advises clients on antitrust issues, including mergers and acquisitions, compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, and antitrust counseling. She has experience in matters before the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. Julia has worked with clients in several industries, including consumer goods, computer hardware and software, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, telecommunications, and aviation.

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Experience

Infleqtion to Go Public Through Merger With Churchill Capital Corp X

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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Mike Nelson
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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Emerging Companies
Mergers and Acquisitions
Capital Markets
Technology Transactions
Technology
Tax
Compensation and Benefits
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Labor and Employment
Antitrust and Competition

MannKind to Acquire scPharmaceuticals for up to $360 Million

MannKind to Acquire scPharmaceuticals for up to $360 Million

August 25, 2025

Cooley advised MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD), a company focused on the development and commercialization of inhaled therapeutic products and delivery devices for patients with endocrine and orphan lung diseases, on its definitive merger agreement to acquire scPharmaceuticals for up to $360 million

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Barbara Borden
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Julia Kim
Special Counsel, New York
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Adam J. Longenbach
Partner, New York
Matthew S. Scarano
Associate, San Diego
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Eric Greig
Partner, Washington, DC
Asa Henin
Partner, San Diego
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Emily Mason
Special Counsel, Santa Monica
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Jameson Davis
Associate, Boston
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Josh Himmelstern
Associate, San Diego
Michelle Hunt
Associate
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Jacob R. Lahana
Associate, Santa Monica
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Walter Musgrave
Associate, San Diego
Joseph Perry
Associate, Reston
Allie Pilmer
Associate, San Diego
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Vittoria Rainone
Associate, San Diego
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
Associate, Brussels
Brittany K. Wightman
Associate, San Diego
Jennifer Fitzpatrick
Paralegal Specialist, Washington, DC

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Mergers and Acquisitions
Life Sciences Corporate Partnering and Licensing
Debt Finance
Labor and Employment
Life Sciences and Healthcare Regulatory
Life Sciences
Compensation and Benefits
Capital Markets
Tax
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Antitrust and Competition
Healthcare

Hengrui Pharma and GSK Enter Agreement to Develop up to 12 Medicines

Hengrui Pharma and GSK Enter Agreement to Develop up to 12 Medicines

July 27, 2025

Cooley advised Hengrui Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company, on its up to $12.5 billion agreement with GSK to develop up to 12 medicines to complement GSKs extensive respiratory, immunology and inflammation (RI&I) and oncology pipeline.

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Alan W. Tamarelli
Partner, New York
Frances Stocks Allen
Partner, London
Jiqiang Lin
Associate, New York
Freddy Yip
Associate, Hong Kong
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
David Wilson
Partner, London
Dr. Xiaozhen (Shawn) Yu
Partner, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Robert Eisenbach
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Santa Monica
Zhijing Yu
Associate, Singapore

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Life Sciences Corporate Partnering and Licensing
Life Sciences
Healthcare
Biotechnology
Life Sciences and Healthcare Regulatory
Tax
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Business Restructuring
Antitrust and Competition
Patent Counseling and Prosecution
Asia

Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals Completes Merger With Ikena Oncology [UPDATED]

Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals Completes Merger With Ikena Oncology [UPDATED]

July 25, 2025

Cooley advised Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals, a privately held, global clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for immunological and inflammatory diseases, on its definitive merger agreement with Ikena Oncology (Nasdaq: IKNA).

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Lila Hope
Partner, Palo Alto
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore
Asa Henin
Partner, San Diego
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Brittany K. Wightman
Associate, San Diego
Jiqiang Lin
Associate, New York
Leina Verrier
Associate, Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Jean Park
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Michelle Garcia Schulman
Partner, Reston
Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica
Marty Schenker
Senior Counsel , San Francisco
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Bin Wang
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Robert Eisenbach
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Rajdeep Roger Bains
Associate, San Diego
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Adrienne Beaudoin Deshmukh
Associate, Reston
Jeremy M. Exelbert
Associate, New York
Zack Gong
Associate, Shanghai
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Rebeca Kinslow
Associate, San Diego
Hilda Li
Associate, Hong Kong
Lunga Su
Associate, Shanghai
Novak Topalovic
Associate, San Diego
Tania Soris
Associate, Washington, DC
Monica Xu
Special Counsel, Shanghai
Sai Yarramalla
Associate, Palo Alto
Andy Zachrich
Associate, San Francisco
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Healthcare
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Lovable Secures $200 Million Series A

Lovable Secures $200 Million Series A

July 17, 2025

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Kevin Rooney
Partner, San Francisco
Karem M. Jarada
Associate, San Francisco
Carl Min
Associate, San Francisco
Chu Lee
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Emerging Companies
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Trademark, Copyright and Advertising
Antitrust and Competition
Tax
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District of Columbia

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Memberships and affiliations

American Bar Association - Section of Antitrust Law