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Autolus Announces Strategic Collaboration With BioNTech, $350 Million Underwritten Offering

February 8, 2024

Cooley advised Autolus – a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation programmed T-cell therapies – on its strategic collaboration with BioNTech, an immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases, to advance both companies’ autologous CAR-T programs toward commercialization, as well as a $350 million underwritten offering.

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Kenneth Krisko
Partner, Reston
Stephanie Parker Palmer
Special Counsel, Reston
Carly Robinson
Associate, Reston
Joe Sandys
Associate, London
Alexandra Paterson
Associate, London
Christian Plaza
Partner, Reston
Courtney Thorne
Partner, London
Brian Leaf
Partner, Reston
William DuVal
Associate, Reston
Trevor Bossi
Associate, Boston
Tyler Day
Associate, Reston
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Mandy Ching
Associate, London
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
John Clark
Partner, London
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Dr. Matthew Pavao
Partner, Boston
Barbara Borden
Partner, San Diego
David Wilson
Partner, London
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jacqueline Moore
Special Counsel, London
Jack Jones
Associate, London
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Dr. Jessica Cande
Associate, Boston
Anna Caro
Associate, London
Jan Lang
Associate, Brussels
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Jordan Verrilli
Associate, New York
Matthew S. Scarano
Associate, San Diego
Margaux Arntson
Associate

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Moogsoft Agrees to Sell to Dell

July 19, 2023

Cooley advised Moogsoft, an artificial intelligence-driven provider of intelligent monitoring solutions that support DevOps and ITOps, on its agreement to sell to Dell Technologies. Lawyers Steve Tonsfeldt, Mark Tanoury, Sangitha Palaniappa and Allison Peth led the Cooley team advising Moogsoft.

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Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Mark Tanoury
Partner, Palo Alto
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner, Palo Alto
Ajay Athavale
Associate, San Francisco
David Wilson
Partner, London
David H. Zhou
Associate, Palo Alto
Jia Xie
Associate, London
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Mickeala Tu
Associate, Palo Alto
Kafeel Azher
Associate, London
John Alec Stouras
Associate, Palo Alto
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Allison Peth
Associate, Palo Alto
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Associate, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Paula Holland
Partner, London
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London

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Veritone Acquires Broadbean

June 5, 2023

Cooley is advising Veritone, an artificial intelligence company, on its acquisition of Broadbean for $52 million.

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C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner, Santa Monica
Bram G. Couvreur
Partner, Santa Monica
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Rajdeep Roger Bains
Associate, San Diego
Thomas Connors
Partner, Boston
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
John-Paul Motley
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Logan Tiari
Partner, Los Angeles
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Matthew Caplan
Partner, San Francisco
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
Paula Holland
Partner, London
David Wilson
Partner, London
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Amy Collins
Special Counsel, London
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
David Hopkins
Special Counsel, Colorado
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Susan Piascik Christoff
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Liza Hadley
Associate, Boston
Christian Lee
Associate, San Francisco
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Chris Lynn
Associate, London
Sara Kim
Associate, Los Angeles
Rachel F. Katz
Associate, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Neelam Atwal
Associate, London
Julia Gage
Associate, San Francisco
James H. Reizman
Associate, Santa Monica
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Associate, London
Bethan Chalmers
Associate, London
Dominic Taylor
Associate, London
Cara Buchicchio
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Leanne Andrepont
Senior Trademark Paralegal
Susan Mobley
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
Melissa Eskola
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
Dawn Roelofs
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
Douglas Lyles
Senior Research Services & Access Analyst

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ICS Learn Sold to Skill & You

March 30, 2022

Cooley advised the shareholders of ICS Learn, an online professional education platform owned by private equity firm Primary Capital Partners, on the platform’s sale to vocational e-learning provider Skill & You, a portfolio company of private equity firm IK Partners. Private equity partner Stephen Rosen led the Cooley team advising the shareholders of ICS Learn.

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Harry Calkin
Associate, London
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Jack Jones
Associate, London
John Clark
Partner, London
Agis Zografos
Associate, London
Megan Mojabi (Flynn)
Associate, London
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
Chris Stack
Partner, London

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Veed Closes $35 Million Series A

February 1, 2022

Cooley advised Veed on its $35 million Series A financing. Partner Aaron Archer led the Cooley team advising Veed, a developer of video editing software designed to allow users to create attractive videos, add subtitles and grow their audience.

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Aaron Archer
Partner, London
Eric Davison
Associate, London
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
Paula Holland
Partner, London
Marzia Di Candido
Associate, London
Chris Coulter
Partner, London

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