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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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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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Cannae Holdings and KDSA Announce Majority Stake Acquisition in The Watkins Company
October 7, 2024
Cooley advised Cannae Holdings (NYSE: CNNE), an investment firm with stakes in restaurants, technology-enabled healthcare services, financial services and more, on its partnership with KDSA Investment Partners to acquire a majority stake in The Watkins Company, a 156-year-old American heritage brand renowned for its high-quality flavoring products.
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Matt Hallinan
Partner, Santa Monica
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Baasit Bhutta
Associate, Colorado
C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner, Santa Monica
Matthew D. Silverman
Special Counsel, Santa Monica
Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Feroz Khalidi
Associate, Colorado
Thomas Connors
Partner, Boston
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Cooley Advises Uber on $5 Billion Investment-Grade Revolving Credit Facility
October 2, 2024
Cooley advised Uber Technologies on its $5 billion investment-grade revolving credit facility.
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Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Matt Kong
Associate, San Francisco
Xueqing Li
Associate, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica
Addison Pierce
Associate, Chicago
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
David Wilson
Partner, London
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Siana Lowrey
Of Counsel
Arielle H. Friehling
Associate, San Francisco
Yichao Zhang
Associate, New York
Jennifer Fitzpatrick
Paralegal Specialist, Washington, DC
Chris Rhem
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
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Transact Campus Announces $1.6 Billion Sale to Roper Technologies
August 15, 2024
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.
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David Silverman
Partner, New York
Izzy Lubarsky
Partner, New York
Dave Young
Partner, Santa Monica
Grigor Lynch
Associate, Colorado
Pat O'Connell
Associate, New York
Matthew Choy
Associate, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Keith Berets
Partner, Colorado
Tijana Brien
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Adam Fleisher
Partner, Washington, DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
H Joshua Kotin
Partner, Chicago
Mark Lambert
Partner, Palo Alto
Miriam Petrillo
Partner, Chicago
Obrea Poindexter
Partner, Washington, DC
Sean Ruff
Partner, Washington, DC
Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner, Palo Alto
Jay Vaughan
Partner, Washington, DC
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Shimeng Cheng
Special Counsel, San Francisco
David Hopkins
Special Counsel, Colorado
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Katherine Lee Carey
Special Counsel, San Diego
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Steve Andersen
Associate, New York
Chelsea André
Associate, Colorado
Cara Buchicchio
Associate, New York
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Norris Kadet
Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Tommi McCarthy
Associate, New York
Zachary Sonenshine
Associate, New York
Stevie Yu
Associate, New York
Andy Zachrich
Associate, San Diego
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Rebecca Flake
Higher Education Services Advisor, Washington, DC
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston
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WeWork Announces Emergence From Chapter 11
June 13, 2024
Cooley advised Yardi Systems, a large software corporation with offices worldwide, in connection with WeWork’s emergence from Chapter 11 and completion of WeWork’s global operational and financial restructuring.
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Partner, Santa Monica
Logan Tiari
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Michael Klein
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Lauren A. Reichardt
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Mischi a Marca
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Ellie Seber
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Ian Shapiro
Partner in Charge – New York, New York
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Philip Bowman
Partner, New York
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Steven M. Dunst
Partner, Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Erin J. Kirchner
Partner, Chicago
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Cullen Drescher Speckhart
Partner in Charge – Washington, DC, Washington, DC
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
Aric Wu
Partner, New York
Su Lian Lu
Special Counsel, Santa Monica
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Joshua Siegel
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Reed Smith
Special Counsel, New York
James C. Allen
Associate, Santa Monica
Michael Aridi Barake
Associate, Santa Monica
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington, DC
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Sarah Choi
Associate, Santa Monica
Cristina Ferruolo
Associate, San Diego
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Press Release
Avid Bioservices Announces $1.1 Billion Acquisition by GHO Capital Partners and Ampersand Capital Partners
November 6, 2024
Press Release
Cannae Holdings and KDSA Announce Majority Stake Acquisition in The Watkins Company
October 7, 2024
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