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Capstan Therapeutics Announces up to $2.1 Billion Acquisition by AbbVie

June 30, 2025

Cooley advised Capstan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a mission to multiply therapeutic possibilities for patients through targeted in vivo RNA technologies, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AbbVie.

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Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Ken Rollins
Partner in Charge – San Diego, San Diego
Edmond Lay
Partner, San Diego
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
W. Chad Shear
Partner, San Diego
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Chen Chen
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Rachel Thorn
Of counsel, New York
Alexandria Ashour
Associate, San Diego
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Michelle Hunt
Associate
Emily Mok
Associate, Reston
Jonathan Perez-Reyzin
Associate, San Diego
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
David D. Suh
Associate
Christopher Suhler
Associate, Colorado
Novak Topalovic
Associate, San Diego
Heidi E. Wang
Associate, San Diego
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Yuhan Wu
Associate, Palo Alto
Joanna Zhang
Associate, San Diego
Jessica Wade
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego

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Heliogen Announces Sale to Zeo Energy

May 29, 2025

Cooley advised Heliogen, a provider of on-demand clean energy technology solutions, on its definitive agreement with Zeo Energy, a Florida-based provider of residential solar and energy efficiency solutions, representing the culmination of Heliogen’s review of strategic alternatives and pursuant to which Zeo will acquire all of Heliogen’s outstanding equity securities in an all-stock transaction.

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Bill Roegge
Partner, New York
John-Paul Motley
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Dave Young
Partner, Santa Monica
Kevin Cooper
Partner, New York
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Alexander Gefter
Associate, Santa Monica
Pat O'Connell
Associate, New York
Susan Choy
Associate, New York
Well Mackey Jr
Associate, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Cornillez-Ty
Associate, Los Angeles
Helenanne Connolly
Partner, Reston
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Michael Neumeister
Partner, Los Angeles
Justin Kisner
Special Counsel, San Diego
Su Lian Lu
Special Counsel, Santa Monica
Michael Aridi Barake
Associate, Santa Monica
Nikki Chang DiFederico
Associate, Palo Alto
Gary Warren Hunt III
Associate, Washington, DC
Jeremiah P. Ledwidge
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Jill Simon
Senior Paralegal, New York
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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EsoBiotec Announces up to $1 Billion Acquisition by AstraZeneca

March 17, 2025

Cooley advised EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies that has demonstrated promising early clinical activity, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca (London Stock Exchange/Nasdaq Stockholm/Nasdaq: AZN) for up to $1 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis.

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Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Simon Amies
Partner, London
Russell Anderson
Partner, London
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Charlie Lightfoot
Partner, London
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Guadalupe Sampedro
Partner, London
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Partner, London
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
David Wilson
Partner, London
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Jack Jones
Special Counsel, London
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Kafeel Azher
Associate, London
Sarah Buchik
Associate, New York
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Michael Fernando
Associate, London
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Mark Jones
Associate, London
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Chris Lynn
Associate, London
Morgan McCormack
Associate, London
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Alexandra Paterson
Associate, London
Zhijing Yu
Associate, Singapore
Kevin Gurley
Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals Announces Merger With Ikena Oncology

December 23, 2024

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, New York
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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Tvardi Therapeutics Announces Merger With Cara Therapeutics

December 18, 2024

 

Cooley advised Tvardi Therapeutics, a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel, oral, small-molecule therapies targeting STAT3 to treat fibrosis-driven diseases, on its definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with Cara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CARA), a development-stage biopharmaceutical company that has been leading a new treatment paradigm to improve the lives of patients suffering from pruritus.

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Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Carlos Ramirez
Partner, San Diego
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Brittany K. Wightman
Associate, San Diego
Michael Bergmann
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Lila Hope
Partner, Palo Alto
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Justin Kisner
Special Counsel, San Diego
Dani Nazemian
Special Counsel, San Diego
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Jeremy Gentile
Associate, San Diego
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Jiqiang Lin
Associate, New York
Kelly McCormick
Associate, San Francisco
Jonathan Perez-Reyzin
Associate, San Diego
Carly Robinson
Associate, Reston
Jesse Schulman
Associate, Colorado
Rebecca Siegel
Associate, San Francisco
Tania Soris
Associate, New York
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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