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Avid Bioservices Announces $1.1 Billion Acquisition by GHO Capital Partners and Ampersand Capital Partners

November 6, 2024

Cooley advised Avid Bioservices (Nasdaq: CDMO), a dedicated biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) working to improve patient lives by providing high quality development and manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, on its definitive merger agreement to be acquired by funds managed by GHO Capital Partners and Ampersand Capital Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion.

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Bill Sorabella
Partner, New York
Matthew D. Silverman
Special Counsel, Santa Monica
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Sarah Buchik
Associate, New York
Patrick Reed
Associate, Palo Alto
Alexis Johnson
Associate, Boston
David Silverman
Partner, New York
Baasit Bhutta
Associate, Colorado
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Kathy O'Neill
Partner, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington, DC
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Elizabeth Caruso
Associate, New York
Sarah Miller
Associate, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Christophe Beauduin
Special Counsel, New York
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Jameson Davis
Associate, Boston
Koji Fukumura
Partner, San Diego
Peter Adams
Partner, San Diego
Michael Egan
Partner, Washington, DC
Gary Warren Hunt III
Associate, Washington, DC
Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Timothy Nguyen
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Justin Kisner
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Alanna B Zuchelli
Associate, Reston
Leanne Andrepont
Senior Trademark Paralegal
Megan Boss
Senior Paralegal , Boston

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Contentsquare Agrees To Acquire Heap

September 28, 2023

Cooley advised Contentsquare, a global leader in digital experience analytics, on its definitive agreement to acquire Heap, an analytics platform.

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Stephane Levy
Partner, New York
Bill Sorabella
Partner, New York
Izzy Lubarsky
Partner, New York

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Tourmaline Bio Agrees to Merge With Talaris Therapeutics

June 22, 2023

Cooley advised Tourmaline Bio, a late-stage clinical biotechnology company, on its merger agreement with Talaris Therapeutics, including a concurrent private placement.

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Bill Sorabella
Partner, New York
Brandon W. Fenn
Partner, New York
Matthew D. Silverman
Special Counsel, Santa Monica
Christine Tse
Associate, New York
Katherine Denby
Associate, Washington, DC
Jeffrey Libson
Partner

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Amryt Pharma to Sell to Chiesi Farmaceutici in $1.48 Billion Cross-Border Transaction

January 9, 2023

Cooley advised Amryt Pharma, a Dublin, Ireland-based commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Chiesi Farmaceutici, a Parma, Italy-based research-focused biopharmaceuticals and healthcare group, in a $1.48 billion cash and contingent value right (CVR) transaction. Partners Bill Sorabella, Claire Keast-Butler and Bill Roegge led the joint US and UK Cooley team advising Amryt.

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Bill Sorabella
Partner, New York
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Bill Roegge
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
David Wilson
Partner, London
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Mor Agam
Associate, New York
Karun Ahuja
Associate, Chicago
Russell Anderson
Associate, London
Jack Jones
Associate, London
Pat O'Connell
Associate, New York
Jia Xie
Associate, London
Anthony Hajj
Associate, New York

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  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Corporate/M&A
  • The Legal 500 US: M&A: mega-deals ($1 billion+)
  • The American Lawyer: Dealmakers of the Year (2010 and 2012)
  • Law360: Rising Star and M&A MVP
  • Super Lawyers: New York Rising Star