Melissa Meza

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Bristol Myers Squibb to Acquire Turning Point Therapeutics for $4.1 Billion

June 4, 2022

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.

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Barbara Borden
Partner, San Diego
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Charles Bair
Partner, San Diego
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington DC
Vivian Tsai
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Melissa Meza
Associate, San Diego
Kay Chandler
Partner, San Diego
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Koji Fukumura
Partner, San Diego
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Matthew D. Silverman
Special Counsel, San Diego
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Brendan Haberle
Associate, San Diego
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Heidi E. Wang
Associate, San Diego
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Daniel Gillon
Associate, San Diego
Wade Andrews
Associate, San Diego
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Jennifer Shanley
Special Counsel, New York
Daniel Lac
Associate, San Diego

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Biotech Company ViaCyte to Be Acquired by Vertex Pharmaceuticals

July 14, 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.

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Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Carlos Ramirez
Partner, San Diego
Jacqueline Grise
Partner, Washington DC
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Marty Schenker
Senior Counsel , San Francisco
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Blake Martell
Partner, San Francisco
Kay Chandler
Partner, San Diego
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Jeffrey Karr
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Dina Andrawess
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Arman Sagart
Associate, San Diego
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington DC
Melissa Meza
Associate, San Diego
Joe Mandry
Associate, San Diego
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington DC
Kimberley Scimeca
Associate, Boston
Daniel Lac
Associate, San Diego
Amanda Griggs
Associate, New York

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Prodege Agrees to Acquire BitBurst

July 27, 2022

Cooley advised Prodege, a cutting-edge marketing and consumer insights platform, on its agreement to acquire BitBurst, a technology-based market research company connecting millions of targeted respondents with surveys every year. Partners Tom Hopkins and Rama Padmanabhan, along with associates Bram Couvreur and Dannielle Antone, led the Cooley team advising Prodege.

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Dannielle Antone
Associate, San Francisco
Bram G. Couvreur
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington DC
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
Associate, Brussels
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Melissa Meza
Associate, San Diego
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Enrique Gallego Capdevila
Special Counsel, Brussels
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto

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Digital Shadows Agrees to Sell to ReliaQuest

July 27, 2022

Cooley advised Digital Shadows, a company that delivers threat intelligence for security teams, on its agreement to sell to ReliaQuest, a force multiplier of security operations, for $160 million. Partners Rowook Park and Erik Edwards, along with associates Bram Couvreur, Rajdeep Bains, Mary Wilbourn and Omed Sharifi, led the Cooley team advising Digital Shadows. 

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Rajdeep Roger Bains
Associate, San Diego
Bram G. Couvreur
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Melissa Meza
Associate, San Diego
Jia Xie
Associate, London
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
David Dalton
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Erik Edwards
Partner, Palo Alto
Richard G.S. Lee
Associate, Washington DC
Paula Holland
Partner, London
Daniel Lac
Associate, San Diego
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington DC
Kafeel Azher
Associate, London
Matthew D. Silverman
Special Counsel, San Diego
Loriane Sangaré-Vayssac
Associate, Brussels
Enrique Gallego Capdevila
Special Counsel, Brussels
Kevin Rivers
Associate, Palo Alto
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica

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Horizon Therapeutics to Be Acquired by Amgen for Approximately $28 Billion

December 20, 2022

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.

 

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Barbara Borden
Partner, San Diego
Kay Chandler
Partner, San Diego
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Jacqueline Grise
Partner, Washington DC
Kelly Murata
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington DC
Edmond Lay
Associate, San Diego
Vivian Tsai
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Melissa Meza
Associate, San Diego
Peter Adams
Partner, San Diego
Fraser Brown
Partner, Washington DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington DC
Caroline Hobson
Partner, London
Alexander Israel
Partner in Charge – Brussels, Brussels
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington DC
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Chadwick Mills
Partner, San Francisco
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Michelle Garcia Schulman
Partner, Reston
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Elizabeth Anne Wright
Partner, Brussels
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Matthew D. Silverman
Special Counsel, San Diego
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Karun Ahuja
Associate, Chicago
Wade Andrews
Associate, San Diego
Ajay Athavale
Associate, San Francisco
Anna Caro
Associate, London
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington DC
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Andrea Batalla Eguidazu
Associate, London
Michael Fernando
Associate, London
Daniel Gillon
Associate, San Diego
Zack Gong
Associate, Shanghai
Ellie Guadiana
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Justin Kisner
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Jessica Koffel
Associate, Brussels
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Daniel Lac
Associate, San Diego
Jan Lang
Associate, Brussels
Katie MacDowell
Associate, Reston
Joe Mandry
Associate, San Diego
Dani Nazemian
Special Counsel, San Diego
Linh Nguyen
Associate, San Diego
Allison Wettstein O’Neill
Associate, San Diego
Alexandra Paterson
Associate, London
Addison Pierce
Associate, Chicago
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
Associate, Brussels
Arman Sagart
Associate, San Diego
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Michael Weinstein
Associate, San Diego
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, New York
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington DC

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