Allison Kutner

Cooley advised the underwriters of Septerna, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a new era of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) oral small molecule drug discovery, on its upsized $331.2 million initial public offering.

Cooley advised RTZ Systems, an information technology and services company, on its acquisition by CollabriOS Health, a new entity formed by Assured Healthcare Partners that brings together a suite of integrated technology infrastructure, including electronic health records, third-party administrator financial services, and care coordination solutions designed to help Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) optimize workflows, streamline business processes and enhance overall center operations.

Cooley advised Expert Institute (EI), a provider of outsourced legal services to the attorney market, on its acquisition by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, from Spectrum Equity, a growth equity firm that provides capital and strategic support to innovative companies in the information economy, in partnership with management.

Cooley advised Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Citigroup and Guggenheim Securities as the underwriters of Zenas BioPharma’s $225 million initial public offering.

Cooley advised Confluent, a data-streaming platform pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure that sets data in motion, on its acquisition of WarpStream, an Apache Kafka-compatible data-streaming platform.