Blank Rome is pleased to announce that Todd A. Boock has joined the Firm as Of Counsel and David A. Berkley, Christopher J. Donewald, and Robert P. Merten III as Associates in the Firm’s Los Angeles office (more…)

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The Firm represented Riverwood Capital in connection with its investment in Lighting Science Group Corporation. Lighting Science Group announced the completion of its final round of private placements in which it raised approximately $140 million in equity funding and commitments from various investors (more…)

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Davis Polk advised Leerink Swann LLC as the sole book-running manager in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 1,780,000 shares of common stock of Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI). The gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $16 million (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling is representing VMware, Inc. in its definitive agreement to acquire Wanova, Inc (more…)

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Sheppard Mullin partners Jeryl Bowers, Eric Klein and Ken Yood served as counsel to DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney dialysis services, in its $4.42 billion merger with HealthCare Partners, the country’s largest operator of medical groups and physician networks (more…)

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DLA Piper today announced that Michael Torosian has joined the Corporate and Finance practice as a partner in the Silicon Valley office (more…)

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Nossaman LLP today announced the expansion of its real estate practice in Southern California with the addition of Daniel J. Katz as a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office.  Mr. Katz joins Nossaman’s Real Estate Practice Group, where he will build on the Firm’s strength in a variety of real estate transactions, and will further enhance Nossaman’s focus on the healthcare industry (more…)

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Krause has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office. Previously at Stutman, Treister & Glatt, he will join the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice as a partner (more…)

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Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP is pleased to announce that Paul S. Jasper has joined the Firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Business Services Department, and the Corporate & Finance and Creditors’ Rights & Business Restructuring Practice Groups (more…)

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Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP) is pleased to announce that Steven L. Hoch has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as Partner (more…)

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Margaret A. Keane, formerly a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, has joined Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, as a shareholder in its San Francisco office (more…)

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Dayan R. Rosen has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Leveraged Finance Practice. Mr. Rosen comes to Manatt from Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles (more…)

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