EX-5.1
Published on April 4, 2025
Exhibit 5.1
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
12235 El Camino Real
San Diego, California 92130-3002
o: 858.350.2300
f: 858.350.2399
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April 4, 2025
LENZ Therapeutics, Inc.
201 Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Suite 300
Solana Beach, California 92075
| Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-3 | ||||
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by LENZ Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the offer and resale of an aggregate of 13,070,093 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), consisting of (i) 12,922,451 shares of Common Stock (the “Outstanding Shares”) and (ii) 147,642 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants (the “Warrants”), to be sold by the selling securityholders listed in the Registration Statement under “Selling Securityholders.”
We are acting as counsel for the Company in connection with the registration of the Shares. As such counsel, we have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering the opinions and statements set forth below. In rendering the opinions and statements expressed below, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of rendering this opinion.
In addition, we have reviewed originals or copies of such corporate records of the Company, certificates of public officials, a certificate of an officer of the Company as to factual matters and such other documents which we consider necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering the opinions set forth below. We have not independently established the facts stated therein.
In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of the originals of such documents and the legal competence of all signatories to such documents. We have also assumed the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto other than the Company and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto other than the Company. We have also assumed the conformity of the documents filed with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”), except for required EDGAR formatting changes, to physical copies submitted for our examination and the absence of any evidence extrinsic to the provisions of the written agreements between the parties that the parties intended a meaning contrary to that expressed by those provisions. We express no opinion as to any matter relating to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States of America and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
AUSTIN BEIJING BOSTON BOULDER BRUSSELS HONG KONG LONDON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK PALO ALTO
SALT LAKE CITY SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE SHANGHAI WASHINGTON, DC WILMINGTON, DE
Based upon and subject to the foregoing qualifications, assumptions and limitations and the further limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
1.The Outstanding Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and
2.The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we consent to the reference of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement.
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon for any other purpose.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| /s/ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | ||
| WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI | ||
| Professional Corporation | ||
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