Kay Chandler

Cooley advised Morphimmune, a private biotechnology company, in its definitive merger agreement with Immunome and $125 million private investment.

Cooley advised Cholesgen, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on metabolic diseases, on its three-year research collaboration and licensing agreement with AstraZeneca.

A Cooley team advised Horizon Therapeutics, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, on its agreement to be acquired by Amgen. The approximately $28 billion merger would represent the third-largest all-cash transaction in the pharmaceutical sector in history and the biggest healthcare deal of 2022.

Cooley advised ViaCyte, a biotechnology company focused on delivering novel stem cell-derived cell replacement therapies as a functional cure for Type 1 diabetes (T1D), on its definitive agreement to be acquired by global biotechnology company Vertex Pharmaceuticals for $320 million in cash. Partners Rowook Park and Carlos Ramirez, along with associate Lindsey O’Crump, led the Cooley team advising ViaCyte.

Cooley is advising Turning Point Therapeutics, a leading precision oncology company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by global biopharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb. Lawyers Barbara Borden, Rowook Park, Charles Bair, Lindsey O’Crump, Vivian Tsai and Melissa Meza are leading the Cooley team advising Turning Point Therapeutics.