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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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Rubrik Announces $752 Million Upsized IPO

April 29, 2024

Cooley advised Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security Company delivering data security and operational resilience for enterprises, on its $752 million initial public offering. Rubrik issued and sold 23,500,000 shares of Class A common stock priced at $32 per share, with a 30-day option for the underwriters to purchase up to 3,525,000 additional shares of Class A common stock.

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Gracell Biotechnologies Agrees to Acquisition by AstraZeneca for up to $1.2 Billion

December 26, 2023

Cooley advised Gracell Biotechnologies, a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca.

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RayzeBio Signs Approximately $4.1 Billion Acquisition Agreement With Bristol Myers Squibb

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Cooley advised RayzeBio, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical therapeutics (RPT) company with an innovation-leading position in actinium-based RPTs and a pipeline of potentially first-in-class and best-in-class drug development programs, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb.

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RayzeBio Announces Upsized $357.6 Million IPO

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Cooley advised RayzeBio, a targeted radiopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline against solid tumor targets, on its upsized $357.6 million initial public offering.

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Chambers USA: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – California: Los Angeles & Surrounds (2022 – 2023)

Legal 500: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans

Business Today: Top 10 Influential Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Lawyers in California (2023)

Silicon Valley Business Journal: Women of Influence Award (2016)

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