Nicola Squire

Cooley advised EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies that has demonstrated promising early clinical activity, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca (London Stock Exchange/Nasdaq Stockholm/Nasdaq: AZN) for up to $1 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis.

Cooley advised UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a leading enterprise automation and artificial intelligence (AI) software company, on its acquisition of Peak, an AI-native company based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Cooley advised Hummingbird Bioscience, a Singapore-based biotherapeutics company working at the interface of artificial intelligence and human innovation to discover and develop transformative medicines for hard-to-treat diseases, on its exclusive worldwide license agreement with Callio Therapeutics, a newly launched biotech company focused on realizing the promise of multipayload antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to improve cancer therapy.

Cooley advised PetLab Co., a rapidly growing independent pet supplement brand headquartered in London, on its majority stake sale to BC Partners, a top international investment firm.

Cooley advised Encord, a data development platform for multimodal artificial intelligence, on its $30 million Series B financing.