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Structure Therapeutics – $185.3 Million IPO

February 9, 2023

San Francisco – February 9, 2023 Cooley advised Structure Therapeutics, a clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company, on its $185.3 million initial public offering, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional American depositary shares. Lawyers Charlie Kim, Patrick Loofbourrow, Andrew Harline and Su Lian Lu led the Cooley team.

The offering marks the first sizable US life sciences IPO this year. Structure Therapeutics will use the proceeds to develop new oral therapies for the treatment of various diseases, including those impacting the metabolic, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. Its lead product candidate targets Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Structure Therapeutics aims to develop and deliver novel oral therapeutics to treat a wide range of chronic diseases with unmet medical needs. Its differentiated technology platform leverages structure-based drug discovery and computational chemistry expertise, enabling it to build a pipeline of product candidates. The company currently focuses on G-protein-coupled receptors as a therapeutic target class.

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Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore
Andrew Harline
Partner, Singapore
Su Lian Lu
Special Counsel, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Xander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Jie Zhang
Partner, Hong Kong
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Carlos Ramirez
Partner, San Diego
Ryan Blair
Partner, San Diego
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Mark Ballantyne
Partner, Reston
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado
Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
Thomas Welk
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Dani Nazemian
Special Counsel, San Diego
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Bin Wang
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Lisa Yuan
Special Counsel, Beijing
Jennifer Shanley
Special Counsel, New York
Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
Vince Flynn
Associate, San Diego
Ivy Wang
Associate, Shanghai
Rick Jantz
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Yuan Dai
Associate, Shanghai
Cara Buchicchio
Associate, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Daniel Gillon
Associate, San Diego
Dionne A. Thomas
Associate, San Diego
Cristina Ferruolo
Associate, San Diego
Brian Lau
International Legal Project Manager, Hong Kong
Jessica Wade
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Kate Walther
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Lunga Su
Associate, Shanghai
Christine S. Kim
Associate, San Diego
Andy Zachrich
Associate, San Diego

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Holmusk Closes $45 Million Series B

January 9, 2023

Cooley advised Holmusk on its $45 million Series B financing. Partners Ferish Patel and Patrick Loofbourrow led the Cooley team advising Holmusk, a global behavioral health and data analytics company developing a technology designed to support treatment of mental health and chronic diseases.

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Ferish Patel
Partner in Charge – Singapore, Singapore
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore
Yi Jia Ng
Associate, Singapore
Xenia Chiu
Associate, Singapore

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Carousell Group Reaches Unicorn Status With $100 Million Investment

September 24, 2021

Cooley advised Carousell Group, a classified ads marketplace in Greater Southeast Asia, on its $100 million investment. Partners Patrick Loofbourrow and Matthew Bartus led the Cooley team advising Carousell.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore

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Japan’s Paidy Agrees to Sell to PayPal for $2.7 Billion

September 10, 2021

Cooley advised Japanese company Paidy, a two-sided payments platform and provider of buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions, on its agreement to sell to PayPal for approximately $2.7 billion in cash. Lawyers Rama Padmanabhan, Patrick Loofbourrow, Rowook Park, Andrew Harline and Vivian Tsai led the US- and Asia-based Cooley team advising Paidy on the transaction, which highlights Cooley’s strong capability for executing complex, globally handled deals.

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Partner, San Diego
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Andrew Harline
Partner, Singapore
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Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Kristin R. Marshall
Associate, Washington DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York

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Cytek Biosciences – $200 Million IPO

July 23, 2021

Cooley advised Cytek Biosciences on its $200 million initial public offering of 14,564,635 shares of common stock. Cytek Biosciences, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTKB, is a leading cell analysis solutions company. Partners Gordon Ho, Patrick Loofbourrow and John McKenna led the Cooley team.

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Gordon Ho
Partner, Palo Alto
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore
John McKenna
Partner, Palo Alto
Samara Zaifman
Associate, Palo Alto
Emily Lee
Associate, Palo Alto
Christian Lee
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