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Cooley Advises PrizePicks on Sale to Allwyn for up to $4.15 Billion

September 22, 2025

Cooley advised PrizePicks, the largest daily fantasy sports operator in North America, on its definitive agreement for Allwyn International to acquire a majority stake in PrizePicks.

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Associate, New York
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Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
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PhaseBio Chapter 11 Wind-Down Plan Goes Effective

June 26, 2024

The Chapter 11 plan of PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, a long-standing Cooley life sciences client, has gone effective following the court’s confirmation of the Chapter 11 plan on June 26, 2024. The plan provides for a global settlement with the official committee of unsecured creditors and a settlement with PhaseBio’s former co-development partner. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware was handled by a multioffice, cross-disciplinary Cooley team.

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Associate, New York
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Associate, New York
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Associate, San Francisco
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Associate, New York
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Partner, Palo Alto
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Associate, Colorado
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Partner, Reston
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WeWork Announces Emergence From Chapter 11

June 13, 2024

Cooley advised Yardi Systems, a large software corporation with offices worldwide, in connection with WeWork’s emergence from Chapter 11 and completion of WeWork’s global operational and financial restructuring.

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Cooley Secures Win in Mallinckrodt Chapter 11 Case

February 9, 2022

Cooley has been representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Mallinckrodt during Mallinckrodt’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, in which the pharmaceutical company’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization was recently confirmed after a contentious multiweek trial, marking a defining moment in the case. Cooley partners Cullen Speckhart, Ian Shapiro, Philip Bowman, Michael Klein, Cathy Hershcopf and Jonathan Kim led the team advising the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

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Partner, New York
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Associate, Washington, DC
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