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Cooley advised OpsGenie, a developer of an alerting and on-call management technology, on it's agreement to sell to Atlassian for an undisclosed amount. Special Counsel Eric Dixon led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised BowX Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company or SPAC, on its agreement to merge with WeWork for $9 billion – a combination that will result in WeWork becoming a publicly listed company. Lawyers Dave Peinsipp, Jamie Leigh, Kevin Cooper, Garth Osterman, Eric Blanchard, Richard Segal, Sangitha Palaniappa and Natasha Patel led the team advising BowX on the transaction, which is expected to close in Q3.

Cooley advised NeoPhotonics, a developer and manufacturer of optoelectronic solutions, on its agreement to sell to Lumentum for $918 million. Lawyers Steve Tonsfeldt, Ian Nussbaum, John Sellers and Rishab Kumar led the Cooley team advising NeoPhotonics.

Cooley advised NerdWallet, a personal finance website and app, on its $150.1 million initial public offering of 8,337,500 shares of Class A common stock, which now trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol NRDS. Lawyers David Peinsipp, John Sellers and Nicole Orders led the Cooley team advising NerdWallet.

Cooley advised AccountantsWorld, a pioneer in cloud solutions for accountants in North America, on its sale to IRIS Software Group, a leading global software provider of accountancy solutions. Claudia Torres led the Cooley team advising AccountantsWorld.