Reid Hooper

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My job is to utilize my SEC experience and contacts to help my clients think through complex and unique securities disclosure, reporting and corporate governance questions in order to deliver practical and business-oriented advice.

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MongoDB Announces Acquisition of Voyage AI

February 24, 2025

Cooley advised MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB), a leading database for modern applications, on its acquisition of Voyage AI, a pioneer in state-of-the-art embedding and reranking models that power next-generation artificial intelligence applications.

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Thomas Connors
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Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Miriam Petrillo
Partner, Chicago
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Ryan Vann
Partner, Chicago
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
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Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Jimmy Gilligan
Associate, Boston
Liza Hadley
Associate, Boston
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Caolinn Mejza
Associate, New York
Lois NaYeon Yoo
Associate, New York
Leanne Andrepont
Senior Trademark Paralegal
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Tvardi Therapeutics Announces Merger With Cara Therapeutics

December 18, 2024

 

Cooley advised Tvardi Therapeutics, a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel, oral, small-molecule therapies targeting STAT3 to treat fibrosis-driven diseases, on its definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with Cara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CARA), a development-stage biopharmaceutical company that has been leading a new treatment paradigm to improve the lives of patients suffering from pruritus.

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Partner, New York
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Carlos Ramirez
Partner, San Diego
Anitha Anne
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Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington, DC
Brittany K. Wightman
Associate, San Diego
Michael Bergmann
Partner, Washington, DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Lila Hope
Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, Santa Monica
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Justin Kisner
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Dani Nazemian
Special Counsel, San Diego
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Elizabeth Caruso
Associate, New York
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Jeremy Gentile
Associate, San Diego
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Jiqiang Lin
Associate, New York
Kelly McCormick
Associate, San Francisco
Jonathan Perez-Reyzin
Associate, San Diego
Carly Robinson
Associate, Reston
Jesse Schulman
Associate, Colorado
Rebecca Siegel
Associate, San Francisco
Tania Soris
Associate, New York
Dionne A. Thomas
Associate, San Diego
Christine Tse
Associate, New York
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Perceptive Advisors Enters Into Definitive Merger Agreement With Vapotherm

June 17, 2024

Cooley advised Perceptive Advisors, a top healthcare investment firm, and its affiliates, including Perceptive Discovery Fund, on its definitive merger agreement with Vapotherm, a publicly traded developer and manufacturer of advanced respiratory technology based in Exeter, New Hampshire, and listed as VAPO on the over-the-counter quotation exchange (OTCQX).

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Amelia Runyan Davis
Partner, Colorado
Tessa W Bell
Associate, Colorado
Rachel Shapiro
Associate, Colorado
Kevin Cooper
Partner, New York
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Eric Blanchard
Partner, Boston
Jean Park
Partner, New York
Yoon Soo (Peter) Shin
Associate, New York
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Thomas Connors
Partner, Boston
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Adam Fleisher
Partner, Washington, DC
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Steve Flores
Partner, Chicago
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Miriam Petrillo
Partner, Chicago
Scott Weston
Partner, Boston
Aric Wu
Partner, New York
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Anna Caro
Associate, London
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
Jimmy Gilligan
Associate, Boston
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
John Masters
Patent Agent, Chicago

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Structure Therapeutics Announces Upsized $547.4 Million Public Offering

June 7, 2024

Cooley advised Structure Therapeutics (Nasdaq: GPCR), a global, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oral small molecule therapeutics for metabolic and cardiopulmonary diseases, on its upsized $547.4 million underwritten public offering.

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Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore
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Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
Christine S. Kim
Associate, San Diego
Max Levinbook
Associate, San Diego
Alexis Guillermo Buz
Associate, San Diego
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Brian Lau
Associate, Hong Kong
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Vince Sampson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jessica Wade
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Kate Walther
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Francis Wheeler
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Cooley Advises Life360 on $178.5 Million IPO

June 7, 2024

Cooley advised Life360, a family connection and safety company, on its $178.5 million initial public offering.

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C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner, Santa Monica
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Partner, San Francisco
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Associate, Santa Monica
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Associate, Santa Monica
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Associate, Colorado
Michael Aridi Barake
Associate, Santa Monica
Grady Chang
Associate, Santa Monica
Steven Holm
Associate, Singapore
Valerie Sapozhnikova
Associate, Los Angeles
Samara Zaifman
Associate, Palo Alto
Ryan Lewis
Associate, Colorado
Alanna Anderson
Associate, Palo Alto
Krina Desai
Associate, Palo Alto
Kristine Kevorkova
Associate, Santa Monica
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Justin Kisner
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Travis LeBlanc
Partner, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Rebecca Ross
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Partner, San Francisco
Brian Youn
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