Ali Murata

Alessandra Murata

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amurata@cooley.com
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I enjoy partnering with clients to find practical and novel solutions to complex compensation-related concerns.

About Alessandra

Ali is a trusted advisor to companies, management teams, venture capital, boards of directors, and compensation committees on executive compensation and benefits issues arising in every stage of the corporate life cycle – ranging from emerging growth to blue-chip public. She also counsels companies through transformative events, such as mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPOs), venture capital and leveraged buyout transactions, spinoffs, restructurings, and other transformative corporate events. With more than two decades of practice experience spanning many industries, her current practice focuses on cutting-edge technology and life sciences companies of all sizes, as well as clients within the private equity and real estate investment trust (REIT) sectors.

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EsoBiotec Announces up to $1 Billion Acquisition by AstraZeneca

EsoBiotec Announces up to $1 Billion Acquisition by AstraZeneca

March 17, 2025

Cooley advised EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies that has demonstrated promising early clinical activity, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca (London Stock Exchange/Nasdaq Stockholm/Nasdaq: AZN) for up to $1 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis.

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DataStax Announces Acquisition by IBM

DataStax Announces Acquisition by IBM

February 25, 2025

Cooley advised DataStax, an artificial intelligence (AI) and data solution provider, on its acquisition by IBM (NYSE: IBM), a provider of global hybrid cloud and AI solutions and consulting expertise.

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Aardvark Therapeutics Announces $94.2 Million IPO

Aardvark Therapeutics Announces $94.2 Million IPO

February 14, 2025

Cooley advised the underwriters of Aardvark Therapeutics, a phase 3 biotech company developing novel small-molecule therapies for metabolic diseases, in connection with Aardvark’s $94.2 million initial public offering (IPO).

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Drata Announces Acquisition of SafeBase

Drata Announces Acquisition of SafeBase

February 10, 2025

Cooley advised Drata, a trust management platform, on its definitive agreement to acquire SafeBase, a trust center platform designed for friction-free security reviews.

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Alumis Announces Merger With ACELYRIN

Alumis Announces Merger With ACELYRIN

February 6, 2025

Cooley advised Alumis (Nasdaq: ALMS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies using a precision approach to optimize clinical outcomes and significantly improve the lives of patients with immune-mediated diseases, on its definitive agreement with ACELYRIN to merge in an all-stock transaction.

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Chambers USA: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – California: Los Angeles & Surrounds (2022 – 2024)

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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Comp Talks Series: SEC’s Pay-Versus-Performance Rules – What Now and What’s Next?

The Securities and Exchange Commission finalized the long-pending pay-versus-performance disclosure rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, and as a result, most reporting companies faced significant new disclosure requirements in 2023 proxy statements. 

Listen as Cooley lawyers Amy Wood and Alessandra Murata, with Principal at Compensia Mark Borges, discuss the latest compensation trends and strategies, as well as the challenges that public companies face when balancing legal, tax and disclosure requirements with practical business needs.

She is extremely knowledgeable about her area, and her attention to detail is spot on.

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