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Freshworks Agrees to Acquire Device42

May 3, 2024

Cooley advised Freshworks (Nasdaq: FRSH), a company that creates artificial intelligence-boosted business software for IT, customer support, sales, and marketing teams to make them more efficient and deliver more value for immediate business impact, on its agreement and plan of merger with D42 Parent (Device42), pursuant to which Freshworks – through its wholly owned subsidiary, Doppler Merger Sub –will acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Device42 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $230 million.Cooley advised Freshworks (Nasdaq: FRSH), a company that creates artificial intelligence-boosted business software for IT, customer support, sales, and marketing teams to make them more efficient and deliver more value for immediate business impact, on its agreement and plan of merger with D42 Parent (Device42), pursuant to which Freshworks – through its wholly owned subsidiary, Doppler Merger Sub –will acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Device42 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $230 million.

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Nachi Baru
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Jaleel Chandler
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Joshua Elefant
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Athina Gaki
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Tony P. Guan
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Moussa O. Ismail
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Rachel F. Katz
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Katie Kaufman
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Allison Kutner
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Breanna Qin
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Patrick Sharma
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Mickeala Tu
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Genevieve Lim Urban
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Patricia Myers
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Laura Unga
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Propella Therapeutics Enters Merger Agreement With Astellas Pharma

November 16, 2023

Cooley advised Propella Therapeutics, a privately held biopharmaceutical company that has leveraged a wholly owned proprietary platform that combines medicinal chemistry with lymphatic targeting to create new oncology drugs, on its merger agreement with Astellas Pharma in which Astellas will acquire Propella through a US subsidiary.

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Lindsey O'Crump
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Megan Browdie
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Howard Morse
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Steve Tonsfeldt
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Christopher Kimball
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Natasha Leskovsek
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Mary Maher Lewis
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Kevin Milgram
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Carly Mitchell
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Moogsoft Agrees to Sell to Dell

July 19, 2023

Cooley advised Moogsoft, an artificial intelligence-driven provider of intelligent monitoring solutions that support DevOps and ITOps, on its agreement to sell to Dell Technologies. Lawyers Steve Tonsfeldt, Mark Tanoury, Sangitha Palaniappa and Allison Peth led the Cooley team advising Moogsoft.

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Ross Eberly
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Eileen Leman
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Paula Holland
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Casey Warsh
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ThoughtSpot Acquires Mode Analytics

June 27, 2023

Cooley advised ThoughtSpot, an artificial intelligence-powered analytics company, on its definitive agreement to acquire Mode Analytics for $200 million.

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Rishab Kumar
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Absolute Software Announces $870 Million Acquisition by Crosspoint Capital

May 15, 2023

Cooley advised Absolute Software, a data risk management solutions and endpoint security provider, on its acquisition by Crosspoint Capital for approximately $870 million, inclusive of debt.

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David Silverman
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Megan Browdie
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Amanda Griggs
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Patrick Flanagan
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Xander Lee
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Mor Agam
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Barbara Mirza
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Ross Eberly
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