Reid Hooper

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Cerberus Announces Landmark Investment in Aquatech

April 3, 2025

Cooley advised Cerberus Capital Management, a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $65 billion in assets across complementary credit, real estate and private equity strategies, on its growth investment in Aquatech, a global leader in water technology and services for industrial and infrastructure markets.

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Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Susan Choy
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Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Jeremy M. Exelbert
Associate, New York
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Associate, Boston
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Virat Gupta
Associate, Washington, DC
Dr. Aeraj ul Haque
Associate, Chicago
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Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Xueqing Li
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Associate, New York
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
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Associate, New York
Leanne Andrepont
Senior Trademark Paralegal
Megan Boss
Senior Paralegal , Boston
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jill Simon
Senior Paralegal, New York
Luke Sande
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MongoDB Announces Acquisition of Voyage AI

February 24, 2025

Cooley advised MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB), a leading database for modern applications, on its acquisition of Voyage AI, a pioneer in state-of-the-art embedding and reranking models that power next-generation artificial intelligence applications.

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Tvardi Therapeutics Announces Merger With Cara Therapeutics

December 18, 2024

 

Cooley advised Tvardi Therapeutics, a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel, oral, small-molecule therapies targeting STAT3 to treat fibrosis-driven diseases, on its definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with Cara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CARA), a development-stage biopharmaceutical company that has been leading a new treatment paradigm to improve the lives of patients suffering from pruritus.

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Associate, New York
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Perceptive Advisors Enters Into Definitive Merger Agreement With Vapotherm

June 17, 2024

Cooley advised Perceptive Advisors, a top healthcare investment firm, and its affiliates, including Perceptive Discovery Fund, on its definitive merger agreement with Vapotherm, a publicly traded developer and manufacturer of advanced respiratory technology based in Exeter, New Hampshire, and listed as VAPO on the over-the-counter quotation exchange (OTCQX).

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Structure Therapeutics Announces Upsized $547.4 Million Public Offering

June 7, 2024

Cooley advised Structure Therapeutics (Nasdaq: GPCR), a global, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oral small molecule therapeutics for metabolic and cardiopulmonary diseases, on its upsized $547.4 million underwritten public offering.

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