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Galera Therapeutics, Inc. and Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc.

private/Gazelle Parent, Inc.private

Galera Therapeutics and Obsidian Therapeutics merge in stock deal

StockDefinitive Proxyhigh confidence

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

stock

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

ConsiderationStock
AnnouncedApr 24, 2026
Days outstanding84d
Expected close
Termination fee
Reverse term fee
Go-shop period
Fiduciary out
Financing condition
Debt commitment
Insider lock-up

No structured deal economics extracted yet. Re-run the scanner or fall back to the source filing below.


Timelineannounced → close
  1. Announced

    Apr 24, 2026

  2. Preliminary Proxy

  3. Definitive Proxy

  4. Record date

  5. Shareholder vote

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote

No shareholder vote required for this transaction.


Regulatory & ConditionsHSR / EU / CFIUS / MAC

No regulatory or closing-conditions data extracted yet. The merger agreement Exhibit 10.1 contains this in the “Conditions to Closing” and “Regulatory Approvals” articles.


Closing Conditionsapprovals · vote · financing · lockups

No closing-condition data extracted.


Interloper Riskcompeting bids, activist filers

No competing-bidder, activist, or dissident-proxy signals in the database for this target.


Advisors

Acquirer side· Gazelle Parent, Inc.

Legal

Sidley Austin LLP

  • · Asher Rubin
  • · Istvan A. Hajdu
  • · Kayla West
With copies to: Asher Rubin, Esq. Istvan A. Hajdu, Esq. Kayla West, Esq. Sidley Austin LLP 787 7th Avenue New York, NY 10019 (212) 839-5300

Target side· Galera Therapeutics, Inc. and Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc.

Legal

Goodwin Procter LLP

  • · William D. Collins
  • · Gabriela Morales-Rivera
  • · Tevia K. Pollard
William D. Collins, Esq. Gabriela Morales-Rivera, Esq. Tevia K. Pollard, Esq. Goodwin Procter LLP 100 Northern Avenue Boston, MA 02210 (617) 570-1000

Counterparty Historyprior deals in DB
FirmRoleSideDeals in DB
Goodwin Procter LLPLegalTarget7View deals →
Sidley Austin LLPLegalAcquirer3View deals →

Sources

On April 14, 2026, Galera Therapeutics, Inc. and Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. agreed to merge with Gazelle Parent, Inc. in a two-step merger transaction. The combined company will be renamed Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. and trade on Nasdaq under ticker 'OBX'. Galera is also raising approximately $350 million in a concurrent Series C financing from certain investors.

Item id: a7e59cd4-81af-4c50-b2a9-4c20bf729ba3 · ingested Apr 24, 2026