Willy Cowles

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ARCH Venture Partners Co-Leads Xaira Therapeutics $1 Billion Series A Funding

April 24, 2024

Cooley advised ARCH Venture Partners, which co-led a $1 billion Series A funding round in Xaira Therapeutics. Partners Colleen Badgley, Danielle Naftulin and Dave Peinsipp led the Cooley team advising ARCH, a venture capital firm catalyzing discoveries that prevent, detect and cure disease.

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David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Colleen Badgley
Partner, Seattle
Danielle Naftulin
Partner, Palo Alto
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Bill Christiansen
Partner, Seattle
Dr. Tian Yong Zheng
Patent Agent, Seattle
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Bin Wang
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Zack Gong
Associate, Shanghai
Tom James
Associate, San Francisco
Thomas Welk
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Carly Robinson
Associate, Reston
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC

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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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CERo Therapeutics Merges With Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp.

June 13, 2023

Cooley advised CERo Therapeutics, an immunotherapy company, on its merger agreement with Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp.

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Sonya Erickson
Partner and Business Department Chair, Seattle
Alan Hambelton
Partner, Seattle
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Dannielle Antone
Associate, San Francisco

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Eliem Therapeutics – $92 Million IPO

August 10, 2021

Cooley advised Eliem Therapeutics on its $92 million initial public offering of 7,360,000 shares of common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Eliem Therapeutics, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol ELYM, is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapies for neuronal excitability disorders to address unmet needs in chronic pain, psychiatry, epilepsy, and other disorders of the peripheral and central nervous systems. Partners Alan Hambelton, Sonya Erickson and Stephen Rosen led the Cooley team.

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Alan Hambelton
Partner, Seattle
Sonya Erickson
Partner and Business Department Chair, Seattle
Stephen Rosen
Partner, London
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Brian Woodard
Paralegal Specialist, Seattle

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Resolution Bio Sells to Agilent

April 16, 2021

Cooley advised Resolution Bio on its sale to Agilent, a global leader in the life-sciences, diagnostics, and applied-chemical markets. Partner Laura Medina led the team advising Resolution Bio, a leader in the development and commercialization of next-generation sequencing based precision oncology solutions.

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Laura M. Medina
Partner, Colorado
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Sonya Erickson
Partner and Business Department Chair, Seattle
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego

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