News & Press Releases

Mintz Member Alexandra Gallo-Cook was quoted by The Deal in an article about a bill that would give New York jurisdiction over a wide array of mergers. If enacted, New York would have the most far-reaching competition law of any state.

Fiduciary News quoted Of Counsel Michelle Capezza in an article about how even though ERISA does not address cybersecurity in its original 1974 text, it requires fiduciaries to act prudently in managing and protecting 401k plans. The DOL issued guidance for 401k plan sponsors in 2021 and 2024, which explicitly ties cybersecurity to fiduciary responsibilities.

San Francisco Business Times featured Mintz’s new office lease in San Francisco at 525 Market St. The firm will be increasing its footprint in downtown by 50% to 29,000 square feet on a whole single floor with the new space.

Mintz advised the underwriters in connection with a $200 million public offering by Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. of 2,352,941 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $85.00 per share.  The gross proceeds to Soleno from the offering were approximately $200 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. In addition, Soleno granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 352,941 shares of its common stock at the public offering price.

Mintz advised the underwriters in connection with a $230 million public offering by Cogent Biosciences, Inc. of 25,555,556 shares of common stock, which includes 3,333,333 shares issued pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares of common stock, offered at a public offering price of $9.00 per share. The aggregate gross proceeds to Cogent from this offering were approximately $230 million, including proceeds from the exercise in full by the underwriters of the option to purchase additional shares, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.

Mintz Members Jeffrey Moerdler and Steven Shparber were quoted in a recent Bisnow article examining how utilities are slowing the development of self-powered data centers, following their participation in Bisnow’s National DICE Power Capacity, Energy and Sustainability event. As developers increasingly turn to on-site generation to meet surging power demands, utilities are proving to be a significant obstacle in deploying these solutions at scale.