Sharon Connaughton

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Harvey Announces $100 Million Series C

July 23, 2024

Cooley advised Harvey, a legal artificial intelligence platform, on its $100 million Series C financing, which brings Harvey to a $1.5 billion valuation.

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Christopher Kimball
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Xander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Howard Morse
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John Paul Oleksiuk
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John Sellers
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Lei Shen
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David Silverman
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Sharon Connaughton
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Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Rebecca Ross
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Tara Capsuto
Associate, San Francisco
Carl Min
Associate, San Francisco
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco

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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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Amelia Runyan Davis
Partner, Colorado
Tessa W Bell
Associate, Colorado
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Associate, Colorado
Kevin Cooper
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Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Matan Neuman
Associate, New York
Eric Blanchard
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Jean Park
Partner, New York
Yoon Soo (Peter) Shin
Associate, New York
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Thomas Connors
Partner, Boston
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Adam Fleisher
Partner, Washington, DC
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Steve Flores
Partner, Chicago
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Miriam Petrillo
Partner, Chicago
Scott Weston
Partner, Boston
Aric Wu
Partner, New York
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ryan Montgomery
Special Counsel, Boston
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jennifer Shanley
Special Counsel, New York
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Karun Ahuja
Associate, Chicago
Anna Caro
Associate, London
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
Jimmy Gilligan
Associate, Boston
Rick Jantz
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
John Masters
Patent Agent, Chicago

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FutureGen Announces License Agreement With AbbVie

June 13, 2024

Cooley advised FutureGen Biopharmaceutical, an innovative biopharmaceutical company committed to providing high-quality innovative biologics for patients with cancer, immune diseases and other diseases, on its license agreement with AbbVie to develop FG-M701, a next generation TL1A antibody for the treatment of IBD currently in preclinical development.

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Yiming Liu
Partner in Charge – Shanghai, Shanghai
Xiaoyu Xu
Associate, Beijing
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Geoffrey Spolyar
Partner, Boston
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Zhijing Yu
Associate, Singapore

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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Out-Licenses GLP-1 Portfolio

May 17, 2024

Cooley advised Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in China, on its licensing of global rights (excluding Greater China) for the development, production and commercialization of three of its proprietary glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs to Hercules CM Newco, a newly established Delaware company.

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Bill Christiansen
Partner, Seattle
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Zack Gong
Associate, Shanghai
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Edmond Lay
Associate, San Diego
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
W. Chad Shear
Partner, San Diego
Michael Shen
Counsel, Shanghai
Dr. Xixi Sun
Associate, Boston
Alan W. Tamarelli
Partner, New York
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ivy Wang
Associate, Shanghai
Bin Wang
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Letian Wei
Legal Consultant, Shanghai
Dr. Heng Zhang
Patent Agent , Boston
Dr. Tian Yong Zheng
Patent Agent, Seattle
Joanna Zhang
Associate, San Diego

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Cidara Therapeutics Announces Concurrent Reacquisition of IP Rights to CD388, $240 Million PIPE Financing

May 1, 2024

Cooley advised Cidara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CDTX), a biotechnology company using its proprietary Cloudbreak platform to develop drug-Fc conjugate immunotherapies designed to save lives and improve the standard of care for patients facing serious diseases, on its concurrent $240 million private placement financing and definitive agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson Company, to reacquire the exclusive global development and commercial rights to CD388.

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Charles Bair
Partner, San Diego
Jane Adams
Partner, San Diego
Barbara Borden
Partner, San Diego
Megan Browdie
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Daniel I. Goldberg
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Richard Segal
Partner, New York
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado
Sharon Connaughton
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Asa Henin
Special Counsel, San Diego
Alexis Guillermo Buz
Associate, San Diego
Gaël Y. Hagan
Associate, Colorado
Michelle Hunt
Associate
Edmond Lay
Associate, San Diego
Kyrsten Lundh
Associate, San Diego
Jayden Martinez
Associate, Colorado
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Valerie Sapozhnikova
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Kelly Nelle
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego

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