Exhibit 5.1
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
O: 650.493.9300 |
April 12, 2024
Forte Biosciences, Inc.
3060 Pegasus Park Dr.
Building 6
Dallas, Texas 75247
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At your request, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by Forte Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of your common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), consisting of: (i) 300,000 shares of common stock to be issued under the Company’s 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2017 ESPP”), and (ii) 1,500,000 shares of common stock to be issued under the Company’s 2020 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Inducement Plan” and, together with the 2017 ESPP, the “Plans”). As your legal counsel, we have reviewed the actions proposed to be taken by you in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares to be issued under the Plans.
On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued and sold in the manner described in the Plans and pursuant to the agreements that accompany the Plans, will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the above-referenced Registration Statement and to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement and in any amendments thereto. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
| Very truly yours, |
| WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI |
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