Megan Arthur Schilling

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Cooley Advises on MindMed’s Successful Proxy Contest

June 21, 2023

Cooley advised MindMed, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel product candidates to treat brain health disorders, on its successful proxy contest against FCM MM Holdings.

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Kaitland Kennelly
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Dayne Brown
Associate, New York
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Associate, Chicago
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Metacrine – $85 Million IPO

September 23, 2020

Cooley advised Metacrine on its $85 million initial public offering of 6,540,000 shares of common stock. Metacrine, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MTCR,” is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company building a differentiated pipeline of therapies to treat liver and gastrointestinal diseases. Partner Karen Deschaine led the Cooley team.

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Carlos Ramirez
Partner, San Diego
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
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Partner, San Diego

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Inhibrx – $137 Million IPO

August 26, 2020

Cooley advised underwriters on Inhibrx’s $136.9 million initial public offering of 8,050,000 shares of common stock, including full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Jefferies, Evercore ISI and Credit Suisse acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. LifeSci Capital acted as co-manager for the offering. Inhibrx’s securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “INBX.” Partners Charlie Kim, Sean Clayton, Rich Segal, David Peinsipp, and Will Cai led the Cooley team.

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Partner, New York
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Vital Farms – $235.4 Million IPO

August 11, 2020

Cooley advised Vital Farms, a certified B Corporation and Delaware public benefit corporation that offers a range of ethically produced pasture-raised food products nationwide, on its $235.4 million initial public offering of 10,699,573 shares of common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The transaction represents Cooley’s first completed IPO for a certified B Corporation. Partners Mike Lincoln, Nicole Brookshire, Darren DeStefano and Jaime Chase led the Cooley team advising Vital Farms. 

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Vice Chair, Reston
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Partner, Reston
Jaime L. Chase
Partner, Washington, DC
Darah Protas
Partner, Washington, DC
Jason Minio
Paralegal Specialist, Boston
Megan Arthur Schilling
Partner, San Diego

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Poseida Therapeutics – $224 Million IPO

July 15, 2020

Cooley advised Poseida Therapeutics on its $224 million initial public offering of 14,000,000 shares of common stock. Poseida Therapeutics, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “PSTX,” is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to utilizing their proprietary gene engineering platform technologies to create next generation cell and gene therapeutics with the capacity to cure. Partners Sean Clayton, Charlie Kim and Ken Krisko led the Cooley team. 

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Charlie Kim
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Super Lawyers

Rising Stars: Southern California (2015 – 2022)

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American Bar Association (ABA)

National Association of Stock Plan Professionals

San Diego County Bar Association