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Cooley Advises io Products on $6.5 Billion Acquisition by OpenAI

May 29, 2025

Cooley advised io Products, an engineering and product manufacturing company co-founded by Jony Ive to develop, engineer and manufacture a new family of products for the artificial general intelligence era, on its approximately $6.5 billion acquisition by OpenAI. As part of the deal, Ive and his creative collective, LoveFrom, will assume deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI. 

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Red Canary Announces Acquisition by Zscaler

May 27, 2025

Cooley advised Red Canary, a top managed detection and response platform that investigate threats while streamlining workflows through automated remediation, on its acquisition by Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS).

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Director of Marketing – Litigation, Chicago
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Partner, Santa Monica
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Partner, New York
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Partner, Boston
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Adam Ruttenberg
Partner, Washington, DC
Robert Jacques
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Poppi Announces $1.95 Billion Sale to PepsiCo

March 17, 2025

Cooley advised VNGR Beverage (doing business as poppi), a fast-growing prebiotic soda brand, on its acquisition by PepsiCo (Nasdaq: PEP) for $1.95 billion, including an additional potential earnout consideration subject to the achievement of certain performance milestones within a specified period after closing.

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LegalZoom Announces Acquisition of Formation Nation

February 10, 2025

Cooley advised LegalZoom (Nasdaq: LZ), an online platform for legal services, on its acquisition of Formation Nation, a small-business services company.

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Machinify Announces Acquisition by New Mountain Capital

January 10, 2025

Cooley advised Machinify, a provider of artificial intelligence-powered software transforming healthcare payments, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by New Mountain Capital.

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Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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