Luke Cadigan

Cooley advised J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Evercore as part of Grab’s agreement to merge with Altimeter Capital’s special purpose acquisition company or SPAC. The transaction marks the largest SPAC merger in history and values the SoftBank-backed technology company at approximately $40 billion. Will Cai in Hong Kong and Ferish Patel in Singapore led a global team of Cooley lawyers across Hong Kong, Singapore and the US on the transaction.

Cooley advised Gopuff, the go-to platform for consumers’ everyday needs, on its agreement to acquire alcoholic beverage specialty retailer BevMo for $350 million. Cooley partners Tom Hopkins, Kevin Cooper and Matt Hallinan led the team advising Gopuff on the transaction, which is expected to close in the next month.

Defending Inovio Pharmaceuticals and its executives in a securities class action that alleges the company made misleading statements about the development of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.

Press Coverage

Inovio Defends Virus Vaccine Claims In Bid To Nix Stock Suit – Law360

Secured victory for Uber in case brought by 34 taxi medallion-owning corporations that alleged unfair competition and conspiracy and sought over $400M in damages at trial. Complete defense verdict for Uber across the board, on both liability and damages.

Press coverage

"Law360's Weekly Verdict" – Law360

"Uber Presence In Boston Didn't Flout Mass. Law, Judge Rules" – Law360

"Wake Up Call" – The American Lawyer

Cooley obtained the complete dismissal of a securities class action filed against Genfit and a number of its current and former directors for alleged violations of Section 11 of the Securities Act. The plaintiffs alleged that the company’s registration statement for its initial public offering in the US made false and misleading statements about clinical trial results for elafibranor. The trial court dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint without leave to amend.