Cooley advised CStone Pharmaceuticals on its exclusive collaboration and license agreement with Blueprint Medicines to develop and commercialize its cancer therapy, avapritnib, in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Partner Christina Zhang led the Cooley team advising CStone.

Under the terms of the agreement, CStone will make an upfront payment of $40 million in cash to Blueprint. Blueprint is also eligible to receive approximately $346 million in potential milestone payments in addition to tiered percentage royalties. 

Sidley has advised edotco Group (edotco) on its strategic partnership with Bangladesh-based conglomerate Getco. Getco, through its subsidiary Greencon Tower Company Ltd., becomes a 30 percent shareholder and strategic partner with edotco in Bangladesh and, together, will apply for a tower sharing license as part of a wider plan to provide next-generation telecommunications infrastructure to meet Bangladesh’s growing connectivity needs.

International law firm Bird & Bird's Media, Entertainment and Sports team have advised Aser, a leading global investment company that focuses on the sports and media sectors, on two important strategic partnerships. The first partnership was related to Leeds United Football Club and was with 49ers Enterprises, an investment entity affiliated with the San Francisco 49ers, and the second was related to ELEVEN SPORTS Poland (ELEVEN Poland) and was with Telewizja Polsat (Polsat), a leading commercial broadcaster in Poland.

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International law firm Clifford Chance has advised ING Group on a global partnership with AXA to provide insurance products and related services through a central digital insurance platform.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Benchmark Holdings PLC, the international biotechnology and food chain sustainability business, on its £19m fundraising and acquisition of a 49% interest in a Chilean salmon breeding and genetics joint venture with Empresas AquaChile S.A.

Sidley represented Babytree Group (Babytree), a leading online parenting services platform in China, on a strategic investment by Alibaba Group. After this round of financing, Babytree’s estimated valuation is around RMB14 billion (approximately US$2.19 billion). This strategic partnership will help boost Babytree’s development in various fronts, particularly in the areas of e-commerce, C2M services (customer-to-maker), advertising sales, paid expert knowledge, new on-line and off-line retail, and other related maternal & child businesses.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the management team of city centre event hosting company, etc.venues, on a global expansion partnership with US investor Gencom and global hospitality company Benchmark. The new collaboration will see etc.venues expand across the US and globally.

The investment in etc.venues, was led by Benchmark’s capital partner, Gencom, and a new investor, Colony NorthStar, offering a global platform of capital and real estate expertise to grow both businesses.