Charles York focuses his practice on the representation of both issuers and underwriters on a broad range of capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other public and private equity offerings, as well as high-yield, investment-grade and convertible debt issuances. Charles also regularly advises clients on general corporate matters, including SEC reporting and corporate governance.
Bicycle Therapeutics – $555.5 Million Private Placement
May 23, 2024
Cooley advised Bicycle Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel class of medicines referred to as Bicycle molecules, on its $555.5 million private placement offering. Partners Laura Berezin, Jaime Chase and Claire Keast-Butler led the Cooley team.
Cooley advised the underwriters of Silvaco, a leading provider of technology computer-aided design (TCAD), electronic design animation (EDA) software, and session initiation protocol (SIP) solutions that enable semiconductor design and artificial intelligence through software and innovation, on its $114 million initial public offering.
Cooley advised the underwriters in Merus’ $172.5 million follow-on offering. Jefferies, BofA Securities, Guggenheim Securities and William Blair acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Merus is a clinical-stage oncology company developing innovative, full-length human bispecific and trispecific antibody therapeutics, referred to as Multiclonics. Partners Denny Won, Courtney Thorne and Div Gupta led the Cooley team.
Immunology Company argenx Announces $1.27 Billion Global Offering
July 26, 2023
Cooley advised J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities and TD Cowen, representatives of the several underwriters, in the $1.27 billion follow-on offering by argenx SE, a global immunology company.
