Matt Kong

Cooley advised Uber Technologies, a technology platform that uses a massive network, top technology, operational excellence and product expertise to power movement from Point A to Point B, on its $4 billion investment-grade bond offering.

Cooley advised Blue Owl Capital (NYSE: OWL), a top asset manager that is redefining alternatives, and HealthCare Royalty (HCRx), a top royalty acquisition company focused on commercial or near-commercial biopharmaceutical products, on a $250 million term loan facility with TG Therapeutics (NASDAQ: TGTX), a fully integrated, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of novel treatments for B-cell diseases.

Cooley advised Blue Owl Capital, a top asset manager redefining alternatives, on its strategic investment a $300 million royalty financing and a $450 million credit facility in BridgeBio Pharma, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases and cancers.

Cooley advised Beam Therapeutics, a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines, on its agreement with Verve Therapeutics to sell its opt-in rights to co-develop and co-commercialize base-editing programs for cardiovascular disease to Eli Lilly and Company.

Cooley advised the underwriters in Cerevel Therapeutics’ $253.8 million follow-on offering of 7,250,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $35 per share and the initial purchasers in its $345.0 million Rule 144A convertible notes offering. Cerevel is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pursuing a targeted approach to neuroscience that combines a deep understanding of disease-related biology and neurocircuitry of the brain with advanced chemistry and central nervous system target receptor selective pharmacology to discover and design new therapies. Lawyers Div Gupta, Daniel Goldberg, Eric Blanchard, Mischi a Marca, Jason Savich, Minkyu Park, Amiti Rothstein, Ellie Guadiana, Matt Kong, Eric Delgado and Jordan Verrilli led the Cooley team.