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Kyverna Therapeutics Closes $85 Million Series B

January 28, 2022

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.

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Laura Berezin
Partner, Palo Alto
Sara Semnani
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Han Wang
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Amy Saldamando
Paralegal Specialist, Los Angeles Santa Monica

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The Honest Company – $475 Million IPO

May 10, 2021

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.

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Siana Lowrey
Partner, San Francisco
Sara Semnani
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Carlos Ramirez
Partner, San Diego
Jessica Girone
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Austin Holt
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Xander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Amy Saldamando
Paralegal Specialist, Los Angeles Santa Monica
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Jacqueline Grise
Partner, Washington DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington DC
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Matt Howsare
Partner, Washington DC
Scott Dailard
Partner, San Diego
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Maricel Mojares-Moore
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Greg Reith
Associate, Washington DC
Chris Rhem
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco

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Ovid - $75 Million IPO

December 1, 2020

Cooley advised Ovid on its $75 million initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock. Ovid, which now trades on The NASDAQ Global Select Market as “OVID,” is a biopharmaceutical company focused exclusively on developing impactful medicines for patients and families living with rare neurological disorders.

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Laura Berezin
Partner, Palo Alto
Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Jaime L. Chase
Partner, Washington DC
Sara Semnani
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Jeramie Perez
Senior Paralegal, Palo Alto
Jason Minio
Senior Paralegal, Boston
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Ivor Elrifi
Partner, New York
Heidi A. Erlacher
Partner, Boston
David Walsh
Partner, Reston
Mary Maher Lewis
Special Counsel, Reston
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado

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Vir Biotechnology - $143 Million IPO

October 17, 2019

Cooley advised Vir Biotechnology on its $142.9 million initial public offering of 7,142,858 shares of common stock. Vir Biotechnology, whose securities now trade on Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "VIR", is a clinical-stage immunology company focused on combining immunologic insights with cutting-edge technologies to treat and prevent serious infectious diseases. Partners Laura Berezin, Charlie Kim and Kristin VanderPas led the Cooley team.

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Laura Berezin
Partner, Palo Alto
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Kristin VanderPas
Partner, San Francisco
Sara Semnani
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Carlos Ramirez
Partner, San Diego
Alexa M. Smith (Ekman)
Associate, San Diego
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Mary C. Wilbourn
Associate, Palo Alto
Sarah Choi
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Mary Maher Lewis
Special Counsel, Reston
Xander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado
Ivor Elrifi
Partner, New York
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Rick Jantz
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Wendy Brenner
Partner, Palo Alto
Koji Fukumura
Partner, San Diego
Kate Hillier
Partner, Seattle
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Selin Akkan
Associate, Palo Alto

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Kezar Life Sciences – $86 Million IPO

May 2, 2017

Cooley advised Kezar Life Sciences Inc. on its $86.3 million initial public offering of 5,750,000 shares of common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Cooley partners Laura Berezin and Rob Phillips led the team advising Kezar.

Jefferies and Cowen and Company acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Wells Fargo and William Blair also acted as book-runners. 

Kezar is a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering and developing novel small molecule therapeutics to treat unmet needs in autoimmunity and cancer. It now trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “KZR.”

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Laura Berezin
Partner, Palo Alto
Jaime L. Chase
Partner, Washington DC
Sara Semnani
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica

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