Francis Wheeler

Cooley advised Vance Street Capital, a Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm that invests in highly engineered solutions businesses across the industrial technology, medical, life sciences, aerospace and defense sectors, on its acquisition of System Seals, a designer and manufacturer of custom fluid seals for various industrial applications.

Cooley advised Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ), a leader in digital infrastructure for bitcoin mining and high-performance computing, on its $625 million aggregate principal of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2031, which includes the exercise in full of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase up to an additional $75 million aggregate principal amount of notes.

Cooley advised Aclaris Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ACRS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drug candidates for immuno-inflammatory diseases, on its exclusive license agreement with Biosion and $80 million private placement.

Cooley advised Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to change lives by changing the course of blood cancer, on its up to $375 million in synthetic royalty and debt financings with Royalty Pharma and Pharmakon Advisors.

Cooley advised the underwriters of Upstream Bio, a clinical-stage biotech developing a monoclonal antibody to target respiratory disorders, on its upsized $293 million initial public offering.