Allison Kutner

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akutner@cooley.com
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About Allison

Allison focuses her practice on data privacy and information security, advising clients across various industries on complex regulatory compliance regimes, data protection best practices, risk management strategies, and incident response and preparedness matters. She also has substantial experience analyzing data privacy- and information security-related legal issues and risks in the context of commercial agreements and corporate transactions, including M&A, public offerings and private financings. Allison is a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States (CIPP/US).

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Cooley Advises Special Committee of Checkpoint on Acquisition by Sun Pharma

Cooley Advises Special Committee of Checkpoint on Acquisition by Sun Pharma

March 9, 2025

Cooley advised the special committee of Checkpoint Therapeutics’ (Nasdaq: CKPT) board of directors in connection with Checkpoint’s definitive agreement to be acquired by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (NSE: SUNPHARMA) for up to $416 million in cash and contingent value rights.

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Egnyte Announces Majority Investment From GI Partners and TA Associates

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February 25, 2025

Cooley advised Egnyte, a provider of secure content collaboration and governance solutions, on its strategic growth investment from GI Partners and TA Associates.

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DataStax Announces Acquisition by IBM

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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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MongoDB Announces Acquisition of Voyage AI

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February 24, 2025

Cooley advised MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB), a leading database for modern applications, on its acquisition of Voyage AI, a pioneer in state-of-the-art embedding and reranking models that power next-generation artificial intelligence applications.

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