Cooley advised Origin, the world’s leading carbon negative materials company, on its agreement to combine with Artius, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company or SPAC. The combined company, which is expected to have an equity value of approximately $1.8 billion, will be named Origin Materials and remain listed on the Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol “ORGN.” Partners Garth Osterman and Peter Werner led the Cooley team advising Origin.