Sidley Represents Profusa, Inc. in Merger with SPAC NorthView Acquisition Corp.

Sidley is representing Profusa, Inc. (“Profusa”), a digital health and personalized medicine company, in its definitive business combination agreement with NorthView Acquisition Corp. (“Northview”) (Nasdaq: NVAC), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Profusa’s technology enables continuous transmission of wireless and cloud-based medical grade data for personal, professional, and medical use. Upon closing, Profusa will become a publicly listed company.

The Sidley team is being led by Mehdi Khodadad and Matthew Stoker (M&A and Private Equity), and includes Thomas Guzman, Nick DeAngelis, Anthony Friedman, and Danielle Sismour (M&A and Private Equity); Stacy Crosnicker, Corey Perry, and Sarah Recktenwald (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Eric Kauffman (Labor and Employment); Rachel Kleinberg, Katharine Funkhouser, Jonathan Westreich (Tax); Karen Kazmerzak and Jamie Sadler (Antitrust/Competition); James Mendenhall (International Trade); and Kyle Barnett (Technology Transactions).