Laura Berezin

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.

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 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.

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.

Cooley advised Ovid on its $75 million initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock. Ovid, which now trades on The NASDAQ Global Select Market as “OVID,” is a biopharmaceutical company focused exclusively on developing impactful medicines for patients and families living with rare neurological disorders.