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AGS Announces Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Brightstar Capital Partners for $1.1 Billion

May 9, 2024

Cooley advised PlayAGS, a global gaming supplier of high-performing slots, tables and interactive products, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by the affiliates of Brightstar Capital Partners for $1.1 billion.

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Alto Neuroscience Announces $147.9 Million IPO

February 6, 2024

Cooley advised Alto Neuroscience, a company redefining psychiatry by leveraging individuals’ neurobiology to develop personalized and highly effective medicines and helping patients get better faster, on its $147.9 million initial public offering.

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Cooley Secures Win for Sequenom Board in Securities Class Action

September 12, 2023

Cooley represented the former board of directors of Sequenom, a molecular diagnostics company, in a nearly seven-year-long securities class action brought by the company’s former investors.

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Travere Sells Bile Acid Product Portfolio to Mirum

July 18, 2023

Cooley advised Travere Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, on its definitive agreement to sell its bile acid product portfolio to Mirum Pharmaceuticals.

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ACELYRIN Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering

May 15, 2023

Cooley advised Acelyrin, INC., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, in its $621 million initial public offering, the second-largest biotechnology IPO and largest clinical-stage biotechnology IPO ever.

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Legal 500: Key Lawyer – Securities Litigation: Defense (2021)

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