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Carpe Data Receives Strategic Growth Investment From Thomas H. Lee Partners

April 25, 2022

Cooley advised Carpe Data, a provider of innovative emerging and alternative data products for the insurance industry, on its strategic growth investment from private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners. Lawyers Tom Hopkins, Steven Dunst, Bram Couvreur, Michael Zhang and Sarah Koslov led the Cooley team advising Carpe Data.

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C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Steven M. Dunst
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Bram G. Couvreur
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Michael Zhang
Associate, New York
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Rick Jantz
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Caitlin Courtney
Associate, Palo Alto
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Rachel F. Katz
Associate, New York
Genevieve Lim Urban
Associate, Seattle
Jacqueline Grise
Partner, Washington DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Amy Collins
Special Counsel, London
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
Tiana Demas
Partner, Chicago
Claire Gibbs
Associate, Washington DC
James H. Reizman
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Amy Saldamando
Paralegal Specialist, Los Angeles Santa Monica

Prodege Agrees to Major Investment From Great Hill Partners

December 16, 2021

Cooley advised Prodege, a cutting-edge marketing and consumer insights platform, on its definitive agreement to secure a major investment from private equity firm Great Hill Partners, which will support its rapid organic expansion and targeted acquisition strategy. Lawyers Rama Padmanabhan, Bram Couvreur, Lindsey O’Crump, Dannielle Antone and Rajdeep Bains led the Cooley team advising Prodege.

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Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Bram G. Couvreur
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington DC
Dannielle Antone
Associate, San Francisco
Rajdeep Roger Bains
Associate, San Diego
C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Anthony Hajj
Associate, New York
Jacqueline Grise
Partner, Washington DC
Richard G.S. Lee
Associate, Washington DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Daniel Lac
Associate, San Diego

LegalZoom – $705.7 million IPO and Concurrent Private Placement

July 20, 2021

Cooley advised LegalZoom.com, Inc. on its initial public offering of 21,989,150 shares of common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $28.00 per share, and the concurrent sale of 3,214,285 additional shares of common stock in a private placement at the public offering price of $28.00 per share – for aggregate gross proceeds totaling $705.7 million. LegalZoom.com, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “LZ,” is a leading online platform for legal and compliance solutions in the United States. Partners Tom Hopkins, Jodie Bourdet and Jonie Ing Kondracki led the Cooley team advising LegalZoom.

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C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Jodie Bourdet
Partner, San Francisco
Jonie Ing Kondracki
Partner, San Francisco
Julia Stark
Associate, Seattle
Sean O'Neill
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Sarah Choi
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Sam Thompson
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Alexander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Austin Holt
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Jacqueline Grise
Partner, Washington DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Ellie Guadiana
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Amy Saldamando
Paralegal Specialist, Los Angeles Santa Monica

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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C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
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
Alexander 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
William O'Connor
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

Singapore-based Grab’s Record SPAC Marks Southeast Asia’s Largest Ever US Equity Offering

April 14, 2021

Cooley advised J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Evercore as part of Grab’s agreement to merge with Altimeter Capital’s special purpose acquisition company or SPAC. The transaction marks the largest SPAC merger in history and values the SoftBank-backed technology company at approximately $40 billion. Will Cai in Hong Kong and Ferish Patel in Singapore led a global team of Cooley lawyers across Hong Kong, Singapore and the US on the transaction.

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Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
Ferish Patel
Partner in Charge – Singapore, Singapore
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Eric Jensen
Partner, Palo Alto
Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Luke Cadigan
Partner, Boston
Daniel Grooms
Partner, Washington DC
Jie Zhang
Partner, Hong Kong
Hilda Li
Associate, Hong Kong
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