Mintz is advising the placement agents in connection with the $350 million private placement that is expected to close immediately prior to the completion of the merger transaction between Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. and Galera Therapeutics, Inc.

Leerink Partners, TD Cowen, Piper Sandler, William Blair and LifeSci Capital are acting as placement agents in connection with the private placement.

The Mintz capital markets team include William Hicks, John Rudy, Alok Choksi, Samantha Silver, Jocelyn Sun, Chris Kinney and Zach Irwin. Joanne Hawana is advising on regulatory matters, and Ed Koundakjian is advising on intellectual property matters. Members of the Mintz team are based in the Boston, New York, San Diego and Washington, DC offices.