Cara Buchicchio

Cooley advised Longboard Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel, transformative medicines for neurological diseases, on its $2.6 billion sale to Lundbeck.

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 Reverence Capital Partners’ portfolio company Transact Campus, an innovative campus technology and payment solutions company, on a definitive agreement signed by Reverence Capital Partners to sell Transact to Roper Technologies for $1.6 billion.

Cooley advised PetIQ (Nasdaq: PETQ), a leading pet medication, health and wellness company, on its definitive merger agreement with Bansk Group, pursuant to which Bansk Group will acquire all outstanding shares of PetIQ’s common stock for $31 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion.

Cooley advised Mott Corporation – a microfiltration business specializing in the design, customization, and manufacturing of sintered porous metal components and engineered solutions used in fluidic applications – on its definitive agreement to sell to IDEX Corporation for cash consideration of $1 billion, subject to customary adjustments.