
Samantha focuses her practice on securities transactions, public offerings, corporate governance, and general corporate matters.
While attending law school, Samantha served as a legal extern in the Boston office of an international mutual life insurance company and an in-house legal intern at a California-based brewery. In law school, Samantha served as a member of the Review of Banking and Financial Law.
Before attending law school, Samantha had a summer legal internship with a law firm in California.
viewpoints
Recent SEC Rules and Guidance Impose New Obligations on SPACs and Reverse Mergers
May 15, 2024 | Alert | By Anne Bruno, Daniel T. Kajunski, Samantha Silver
Read about how the SEC’s final rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and other shell companies, which take effect on July 1, 2024, and the agency’s recent guidance on reverse mergers are likely to impact SPAC-related transactions and alternative capital raising transactions.
News & Press
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 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 ArriVent BioPharma, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the identification, development, and commercialization of differentiated medicines to address the unmet medical needs of patients with cancers, on a $75 million underwritten public offering of 2,482,692 shares of its common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 1,363,469 shares of its common stock. The common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “AVBP.“
Mintz advised the underwriters in connection with a $90 million underwritten offering by Rezolute, Inc. of 20,786,923 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 6,905,385 shares of common stock. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “RZLT.”
Mintz Advises ArriVent BioPharma on $175M Nasdaq IPO
February 01, 2024
Mintz Members John Rudy and Matthew T. Simpson led the team that advised ArriVent Biopharma, Inc. on its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Global Market. This was the second biotech IPO of 2024. ArriVent is a clinical-stage company dedicated to accelerating the global development of innovative biopharmaceutical therapeutics.
Publications
- Author, Federal Reserve Corporate Governance Proposal and Its Potential Effects, Review of Banking and Financial Law (2017)
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