1,000 M&A transactions for an aggregate value of $340+ billion since 2012
Gray Television to Acquire Raycom for $3.6 Billion
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Abaxis to Be Acquired by Zoetis for $2 Billion
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OpenGate Capital Buys Mersive Technologies
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Podcast: 2017’s Top Tech Acquisitions and What’s in Store for 2018
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Sucampo Sells to Mallinckrodt for $1.2 Billion
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ConvergeOne Announces $1.2 Billion Combination With Forum Merger to Become Public Company
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Cooley Client Meredith to Acquire Time in $2.8 Billion Deal
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Why Cooley
- 180+ member team in 13 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
- Primary corporate counsel to 160+ 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 (2018)
- Bloomberg M&A Legal Advisory Ranking: Top 6 in US M&A by count (H1 2018)
- Mergermarket: Top 10 in US M&A by count (H1 2018)
- Thomson Reuters Global M&A Legal Advisory Review: Top 15 in global M&A by count (H1 2018)
- Pitchbook: #1 in VC-Backed Exits (M&A + IPO) in 2017
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