Sara Semnani

Cooley advised SiteOne Therapeutics, a private biotechnology company developing small molecule inhibitors of sodium channels to treat pain and other neuronal hyperexcitability disorders, on its acquisition by Eli Lilly.

Cooley advised SiteOne Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing selective ion channel modulators for the treatment of pain, cough and other conditions, on its $100 million Series C financing.

Cooley advised Arsenal Biosciences (ArsenalBio), a clinical-stage programmable cell therapy company focused on engineering advanced chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies for solid tumors, on the close of its oversubscribed $325 million Series C financing round.

Cooley advised Kyverna Therapeutics on its $85 million Series B financing. Partners Laura Berezin and Sara Semnani led the Cooley team advising Kyverna, a developer of new cell-based therapeutics designed to offer treatments and cures for serious autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Cooley advised The Honest Company, a consumer goods company founded by actress Jessica Alba, on its $475 million initial public offering of 29,678,050 shares of common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Partners Tom Hopkins, Nicole Brookshire, Siana Lowrey and Sara Semnani led the Cooley team advising Honest.