Laura Berezin

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SiteOne Therapeutics Announces $100 Million Series C

December 18, 2024

Cooley advised SiteOne Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing selective ion channel modulators for the treatment of pain, cough and other conditions, on its $100 million Series C financing.

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Laura Berezin
Partner, Seattle
Sara Semnani
Partner, Santa Monica
Noel Ripberger-Scheick
Associate, Palo Alto
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Denny Won
Partner, San Francisco
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Kimberly Nguyen
Special Counsel, Reston
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Michelle DeLapa
Associate, Santa Monica
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Joseph J. Kim
Associate, Palo Alto
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Ehijele Olumese
Associate, Santa Monica
Melody Van Horn
Senior Paralegal, Palo Alto
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco

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Personalis Announces Expanded Collaboration With Tempus AI

August 16, 2024

Cooley advised Personalis, a company transforming the active management of cancer through breakthrough personalized testing, on its expanded commercial relationship with Tempus AI, including an equity investment by Tempus into Personalis.

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Bill Roegge
Partner, New York
Laura Berezin
Partner, Seattle
Asa Henin
Partner, San Diego
Patrick Pang
Associate, New York
Allison Peth
Associate, Palo Alto
Jeewon Lee
Associate, New York
Matthew Choy
Associate, New York
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Richard G.S. Lee
Associate, Washington, DC

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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.

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Laura Berezin
Partner, Seattle
Jaime L. Chase
Partner, Washington, DC
Claire Keast-Butler
Co-Partner in Charge – London, London
Dayne Brown
Associate, New York
Mandy Ching
Associate, London
Charles York
Associate, New York
Eric J. Delgado
Associate, New York
Jane Wang
Associate, New York

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Kyverna Therapeutics Closes $85 Million Series B

January 28, 2022

Cooley advised Kyverna Therapeutics on its $85 million Series B financing. Partners Laura Berezin and Sara Semnani led the Cooley team advising Kyverna, a developer of new cell-based therapeutics designed to offer treatments and cures for serious autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

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Laura Berezin
Partner, Seattle
Sara Semnani
Partner, Santa Monica
Han Wang
Associate, Santa Monica
Amy Lauren Saldamando
Manager of Capitalization Table Administration, Santa Monica

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Five Prime Therapeutics Agrees to Sell to Amgen for $1.9 Billion

April 27, 2021

Cooley advised Five Prime Therapeutics, a publicly traded clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing immune modulators and precision therapies for solid tumor cancers, on its agreement to sell to Amgen in an all-cash transaction with an equity value of approximately $1.9 billion. Partners Jamie Leigh, Ian Nussbaum and Laura Berezin led the Cooley team advising Five Prime.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Laura Berezin
Partner, Seattle
Jaime L. Chase
Partner, Washington, DC
Polina A. Demina
Special Counsel, New York
Wendy Brenner
Partner, Palo Alto
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica

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Rankings and accolades

Chambers USA: Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial – California (2020 – 2024)

Best Lawyers in America: Lawyer of the Year: California (2023)

Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year – Securities Regulation (2021)

Best Lawyers in America: Biotechnology Law, Securities and Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation

Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year – Biotechnology Law 

LMG Life Sciences Corporate Attorney of the Year (2018)

Legal 500 US: Life Sciences, Capital Markets and M&A: Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

PLC – Which Lawyer? Equity Capital Markets and Corporate Life Sciences

Daily Journal: Top 25 Biotech Lawyers in California (2011)