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Ascendis Pharma – $575 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

April 6, 2022

Cooley advised the initial purchasers on Ascendis Pharma’s offering of $575 million aggregate principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2028 and the concurrent repurchase of 1,000,000 of its American Depositary Shares. J.P. Morgan, Evercore ISI, Wells Fargo Securities, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. SVB Leerink acted as lead co-manager for the offering. Cantor, Canaccord Genuity and Berenberg acted as co-managers for the offering.  Ascendis Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company creating new product candidates that address unmet medical needs. Partners Denny Won, Mischi a Marcha, Jason Savich, Charlie Kim and Div Gupta led the Cooley team advising the initial purchasers.

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Denny Won
Partner, San Francisco
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Madison (JJ) Meng
Associate, San Francisco
Mike Lam
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Matthew S. Scarano
Associate, San Diego
Kim Merritt
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco

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Sweetgreen – $418.6 Million IPO

December 6, 2021

Cooley advised restaurant chain sweetgreen on its $418.6 million initial public offering of 14,950,000 shares of Class A common stock, which now trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SG. Partners Nick Hobson, David Peinsipp, Siana Lowrey and Charlie Kim led the Cooley team advising sweetgreen.

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Nick Hobson
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Santa Monica, Los Angeles Santa Monica
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Siana Lowrey
Partner, San Francisco
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Julia Boesch
Associate, San Francisco
Mark Cikowski
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Marjorie Roesser
Associate, San Francisco
Madeleine Smith
Associate, San Francisco
Eric Steiner
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Amy Saldamando
Paralegal Specialist, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Kim Merritt
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Austin Holt
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Christian Lee
Associate, San Francisco
Maricel Mojares-Moore
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Matt Kong
Associate, San Francisco
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Colette Ghazarian
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado
Michael Suyat
Senior Paralegal, San Francisco

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Erasca – $345 Million IPO

July 16, 2021

Cooley advised the underwriters on Erasca’s $345 million initial public offering of 21,562,500 shares of common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities, Evercore ISI and Guggenheim Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Erasca, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ERAS, is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing therapies for patients with RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers. Partners Charlie Kim, Sean Clayton and Kristin VanderPas led the Cooley team.

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Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Kristin VanderPas
Partner, San Francisco
Denny Won
Partner, San Francisco
David D. Kim
Associate, San Francisco
Julia Gage
Associate, San Francisco
Kim Merritt
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Madhuri Roy
Partner, Palo Alto

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Olive Hits $4 Billion Valuation With Latest Funding Round

July 9, 2021

Cooley advised digital health automation company Olive on its $400 million funding round, which brings its valuation to $4 billion. Lawyers Peter Werner and Melissa Boyd led the Cooley team advising Olive.

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Peter H. Werner
Partner in Charge – San Francisco, San Francisco
Melissa H. Boyd
Associate, San Francisco
Jodie Bourdet
Partner, San Francisco
Eric M. Walder
Associate, San Francisco
Kim Merritt
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Blake Martell
Partner, San Francisco

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NVIDIA – $5 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes Offering

June 30, 2021

Cooley advised NVIDIA on its registered debt offering of $5 billion aggregate principal amount of investment grade senior unsecured notes. The offering consisted of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.309% notes due 2023; $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.584% notes due 2024; $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.550% notes due 2028; and $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.000% notes due 2031. Partners Michael Tollini, Mischi a Marca, Jason Savich, Eric Jensen and John McKenna led the Cooley team advising NVIDIA.

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Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington DC
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Eric Jensen
Partner, Palo Alto
John McKenna
Partner, Palo Alto
Natalie Karam
Partner, Palo Alto
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
Karen Gustavson
Associate, Seattle
Annelise Bertrand
Associate, Palo Alto
Kim Merritt
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Savannah Harms
Associate, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado

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