Sonya Erickson

Partner and Business Department Chair
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Parse Biosciences Closes $50 Million Series C

December 14, 2023

Cooley advised Parse Biosciences on its $50 million Series C financing. Partner Sonya Erickson led the Cooley team advising Parse Biosciences, which develops single-cell sequencing products used by more than 1,000 labs worldwide.

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Sonya Erickson
Partner and Business Department Chair, Seattle
Lucy Bauer
Associate, Seattle
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Yuri Weigel
Special Counsel, Seattle
Scott Lin
Associate, San Francisco
Colleen Badgley
Partner, Seattle

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Bonum Therapeutics Closes $93 Million Series A Financing

November 15, 2022

Cooley advised Bonum Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on creating highly active and less toxic medicines, on its $93 million Series A financing. Partner Sonya Erickson led the Cooley team advising Bonum Therapeutics.

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Sonya Erickson
Partner and Business Department Chair, Seattle
Colleen Badgley
Partner, Seattle
Brian Woodard
Paralegal Specialist, Seattle
Arlo Sporn
Associate, Seattle

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Route Hits $1.25 Billion Valuation With Series B Round

February 1, 2022

Cooley advised Route, a post-purchase experience platform and package tracking company, on its $200 million Series B financing round, which brings its valuation to $1.25 billion. Lawyers Dave Young, Joseph Kaczorowski, Robert Pollak and Roslyn Akel led the Cooley team advising Route.

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Dave Young
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
Amy Saldamando
Paralegal Specialist, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
Blake Martell
Partner, San Francisco
Sonya Erickson
Partner and Business Department Chair, Seattle
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kimberly Nguyen
Special Counsel, Reston
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Jessica Girone
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica

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Helion Energy Raises $2.2 Billion With Series E Round

November 11, 2021

Cooley advised Helion Energy, a clean energy company committed to creating a new era of plentiful, zero-carbon electricity from fusion, on its $500 million Series E financing round, which also includes an opportunity for an additional $1.7 billion tied to Helion reaching key performance milestones. Lawyers Sonya Erickson, Colleen Badgley, Ashley Brown, Justine Chiu and Jasjit Grewal led the Cooley team advising Helion.

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Sonya Erickson
Partner and Business Department Chair, Seattle
Colleen Badgley
Partner, Seattle
Richard G.S. Lee
Associate, Washington, DC
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Phoebe Huang
Associate, Seattle
Brian Woodard
Paralegal Specialist, Seattle

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Virtual Reality Developer Within Agrees to Sell to Meta

November 5, 2021

Cooley advised Within, a Los Angeles-based firm responsible for developing immersive virtual reality fitness app Supernatural, on its agreement to sell to Meta. Partners Anne Lieberman and Dave Young led the Cooley team advising Within.

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Anne Lieberman
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Dave Young
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Sonya Erickson
Partner and Business Department Chair, Seattle
Dee Bansal
Partner, Washington, DC
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Nathan Baum
Associate, New York
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Andrew Bae
Associate, Washington, DC
Lewis Loy
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Mor Agam
Associate, New York
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Claire Gibbs
Associate, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Genevieve Lim Urban
Associate, Seattle
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Timothy Nguyen
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Chelsea André
Associate, Colorado
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Associate, London
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle

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Chambers USA: Corporate/M&A – Washington (2020 – 2023)

The Best Lawyers in America, Venture Capital Law (2004 – 2019)

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2013 – 2015)

Washington Super Lawyers (2014 – 2016)

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Washington State Bar Association