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Rodeo Therapeutics Agrees to Sell to Amgen for $721 Million

March 31, 2021

Cooley advised Rodeo Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that develops small molecule therapies, on its agreement to sell to Amgen, a leader in biotechnology-based human therapeutics, for $721 million. Partner Laura Medina led the Cooley team advising Rodeo. 

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Meredith Klionsky
Associate, Washington DC
Laura M. Medina
Partner, Colorado
Ajay Athavale
Associate, San Francisco
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Alexander Ellebracht
Associate, Palo Alto
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Yuri Weigel
Special Counsel, Seattle
Sonya Erickson
Partner, Seattle
Jon Cousin
Associate, Washington DC
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto

ConvergeOne Announces $1.2 Billion Combination With Forum Merger to Become Public Company

February 23, 2018

Cooley advised leading global IT services provider ConvergeOne on its agreement to combine with Forum Merger Corporation, allowing ConvergeOne to become a public company, with an anticipated initial enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion. Cooley partners Mehdi Khodadad and John McKenna led the team advising ConvergeOne.

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John McKenna
Partner, Palo Alto
Alan Hambelton
Partner, Seattle
Colleen Badgley
Associate, Seattle
Yuri Weigel
Special Counsel, Seattle
Lois Voelz
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Peter Burns
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Jacqueline Grise
Partner, Washington DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Brian Woodard
Paralegal Specialist, Seattle

Alder Biopharmaceuticals $80 Million Initial Public Offering

May 14, 2014

Seattle – Cooley advised Alder Biopharmaceuticals on its $80 million initial public offering. Alder is a Washington-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and seeks to commercialize therapeutic antibodies with the potential to meaningfully transform current treatment paradigms. Alder is currently developing two lead product candidates: ALD403, an investigational monoclonal antibody for migraine, and Clazakizumab, an investigational monoclonal antibody for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune indications, in collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb. The company now trades on the Nasdaq Global Stock Market under the symbol "ALDR."

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Sonya Erickson
Partner, Seattle
John McKenna
Partner, Palo Alto
Julia Stark
Associate, Seattle
Alan Hambelton
Partner, Seattle
Yuri Weigel
Special Counsel, Seattle
Amy M. Wood
Partner, San Diego
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Marya Postner
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto