Luke X. Blackett

Cooley advised PlayAGS, a global gaming supplier of high-performing slots, tables and interactive products, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by the affiliates of Brightstar Capital Partners for $1.1 billion.

Cooley advised Senti Biosciences, a biotechnology company, on its sale of certain assets – including its manufacturing facility and chemistry, manufacturing, and controls capabilities – to Celadon Partners.

Cooley advised Acelyrin, INC., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, in its $621 million initial public offering, the second-largest biotechnology IPO and largest clinical-stage biotechnology IPO ever.

Cooley advised Dropbox on its acquisition of FormSwift, a cloud-based service that provides individuals and businesses solutions to create, edit and save critical business forms and agreements. Dropbox is a collaboration platform transforming how people work together – from the smallest business to the largest enterprise. Lawyers Ben Beerle, Kassendra Galindo, Luke Blackett and Erin Wright led the Cooley team advising Dropbox.

Cooley advised Blockdaemon, an institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure company, on its acquisition of Sepior, a data and digital asset security company focused on institutional-grade cryptographic key management and protection. Special counsel Claudia Torres led the Cooley team advising Blockdaemon.

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