1,000+ M&A transactions for an aggregate value of $170+ billion since 2009
Medivation Agrees to Sell to Pfizer for $14 Billion
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Celator for $1.5 Billion
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Horizon Pharma Acquisition of Crealta Holdings for $510 Million
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Sazerac to Acquire Southern Comfort + Tuaca for $544 Million
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Why Cooley
- 180+ member team in 12 major business and technology centers in the US, UK and China
- Broad industry platform with clients across many industries and sophisticated capabilities in all practice areas
- Excel in deals in the tech, life sciences, medical device and healthcare, consumer, education, defense and media industries
- Given our market position in the medtech and life sciences sectors, we have handled a large number of life sciences M&A transactions, both public and private, and understand unique structuring issues for life sciences companies, including milestone structures, contingent value rights and option structures
- Serve as primary corporate counsel to 140+ public companies, giving us an unmatched perspective on market deal points and ability to facilitate introductions between buyers and sellers
- Represent all categories of participants in transactions, including buyers, sellers, major stockholders, venture capitalists, lenders, financial advisors, management/founders, special board committees, individual investors, private equity funds, hedge funds and others
- Adept at handling all manner of transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, strategic deals including joint ventures, acquisitions of IP assets, patent cross-licenses, complex divestitures and spin-offs, takeover defense and shareholder activism counseling, and multibillion-dollar public company mergers
- Market-leading IP, privacy, technology licensing, life sciences collaborations and licensing, regulatory, government contracts, credit finance, private equity, antitrust, employment, compensation and tax practices to support transactions
Recognition
- Best Lawyers (National): Tier 1 M&A (2016)
- Thomson Reuters Global M&A Legal Advisory Review: Top 10 in US target announced by deal count (2015)
- Bloomberg M&A Legal Advisory Ranking: Top 10 in US announced deals – principals, by count (2015)
- Mergermarket Global and Regional M&A: Top 10 in US West and Mid-Atlantic by count (2015)
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