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IAA’s Acquisition by Ritchie Bros. Closes Following Shareholder Approval

March 23, 2023

Cooley advised IAA, Inc. (IAA), a global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, on its cross-border stock and cash acquisition by Ritchie Bros., which closed on Monday, March 20.

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Bill Roegge
Partner, New York
John-Paul Motley
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Downtown , Los Angeles Downtown
Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Logan Tiari
Partner, Los Angeles Downtown
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington DC
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington DC
Kristine Forderer
Partner, San Francisco
Kathleen Goodhart
Partner, San Francisco
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington DC
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Michelle Garcia Schulman
Partner, Reston
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Ryan Vann
Partner, Chicago
Annie Froehlich
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
David Hopkins
Special Counsel, Colorado
Shannon MacMichael
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Miriam Petrillo
Special Counsel, Chicago
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington DC
Maria Jose Cordero
Associate, Palo Alto
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Savannah Harms
Associate, New York
Moussa O. Ismail
Associate, Reston
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Maya Rahwanji
Associate, New York
Kevin Rivers
Associate, Palo Alto
Heather H. Sanborn
Associate, Chicago
Loriane Sangaré-Vayssac
Associate, Brussels
Katie Schmidt
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Genevieve Lim Urban
Associate, Seattle
Casey Warsh
Associate, Colorado
Michelle Zhou
Associate, Palo Alto

IAA’s Amended Merger Agreement With Ritchie Bros., Cooperation Agreement With Ancora

January 26, 2023

Cooley advised Insurance Auto Auctions (IAA), a global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, on an amendment to its previously announced merger agreement with Ritchie Bros., which provides for the stock and cash acquisition of IAA by Ritchie Bros.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
John-Paul Motley
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Downtown , Los Angeles Downtown
Bill Roegge
Partner, New York
Logan Tiari
Partner, Los Angeles Downtown
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington DC
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington DC
Kristine Forderer
Partner, San Francisco
Kathleen Goodhart
Partner, San Francisco
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington DC
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Michelle Garcia Schulman
Partner, Reston
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Ryan Vann
Partner, Chicago
Annie Froehlich
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
David Hopkins
Special Counsel, Colorado
Shannon MacMichael
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Miriam Petrillo
Special Counsel, Chicago
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington DC
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington DC
Maria Jose Cordero
Associate, Palo Alto
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Savannah Harms
Associate, New York
Moussa O. Ismail
Associate, Reston
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York

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, 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
Hajra Nashin
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
Alexander Wenzel
Associate, Brussels
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, New York

Dropbox Acquisition of FormSwift

December 16, 2022

Cooley advised Dropbox on its acquisition of FormSwift, a cloud-based service that provides individuals and businesses solutions to create, edit and save critical business forms and agreements. Dropbox is a collaboration platform transforming how people work together – from the smallest business to the largest enterprise. Lawyers Ben Beerle, Kassendra Galindo, Luke Blackett and Erin Wright led the Cooley team advising Dropbox.

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Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Luke X. Blackett
Associate, San Francisco
Rachel Boyce
Associate, San Francisco
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Kassendra Galindo
Special Counsel, Colorado
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Austin Holt
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Michelle Garcia Schulman
Partner, Reston
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Erin Wright
Associate, San Francisco

Ritchie Bros. to Acquire IAA in $7.3 Billion Cross-Border Stock and Cash Transaction

November 8, 2022

Cooley advised Insurance Auto Auctions (IAA), a global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, on its definitive merger agreement, under which Ritchie Bros. will acquire IAA in a cross-border stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $7.3 billion.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
John-Paul Motley
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Downtown , Los Angeles Downtown
Bill Roegge
Partner, New York
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington DC
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington DC
Kristine Forderer
Partner, San Francisco
Kathleen Goodhart
Partner, San Francisco
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington DC
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Ryan Vann
Partner, Chicago
Sarah Lightdale
Partner, New York
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington DC
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington DC
Maria Jose Cordero
Associate, Palo Alto
Annie Froehlich
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Savannah Harms
Associate, New York
David Hopkins
Special Counsel, Colorado
Moussa O. Ismail
Associate, Reston
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Shannon MacMichael
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington DC
Miriam Petrillo
Special Counsel, Chicago
Maya Rahwanji
Associate, New York
Kevin Rivers
Associate, Palo Alto
Heather H. Sanborn
Associate, Chicago
Loraine Torres
Senior Paralegal, Colorado
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Katie Schmidt
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Michelle Garcia Schulman
Partner, Reston
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Logan Tiari
Partner, Los Angeles Downtown
Genevieve Lim Urban
Associate, Seattle
Casey Warsh
Associate, Colorado
Michelle Zhou
Associate, Palo Alto
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
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