The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke announced today that project finance lawyers Paul J. Kaufman and Evelyn Lim will join the firm as partners on August 1 in the Los Angeles office, bolstering Chadbourne’s West Coast project finance capabilities (more…)
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce that Michael A. Sweet, a seasoned litigator with extensive financial restructuring and bankruptcy experience, has joined the firm as partner in the San Francisco office (more…)
Davis Polk advised Affymetrix, Inc. (Affymetrix) in connection with its acquisition of eBioscience Holding Company, Inc. (eBioscience) for approximately $315 million in cash. Following the acquisition, eBioscience became a wholly owned subsidiary of Affymetrix (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented NextOp Software Inc., a leading provider of assertion synthesis technology, in its acquisition by Atrenta Inc., a provider of software to increase efficiency for semiconductor and consumer electronics companies (more…)
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a preeminent California-based real estate and full service business law firm, welcomes back Mark Mengelberg as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. He rejoins Allen Matkins’ Real Estate Department after six years as a partner at Seyfarth Shaw, with an emphasis on real estate transactions and finance (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that a Delaware federal judge denied a motion for preliminary injunction against Cooley client Gevo Inc., in a patent infringement suit filed by Butamax. The Opinion, delivered on June 19, stated that “the court has concluded that plaintiff does not hold a valid patent, nor would the defendant infringe if it did.” (more…)
Greenberg Glusker announced today that bankruptcy attorney Brian L. Davidoff and his practice group will join the Firm, effective July 1, 2012. Davidoff will head the Firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group. The attorneys moving with Davidoff include C. John M. Melissinos and Claire E. Shin, who also will join Greenberg Glusker’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group, and Benjamin M. Alexander, who will join Greenberg Glusker’s Corporate Group. All four have practiced at Davidoff Gold LLP since February 2012, and prior thereto practiced at Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff, where Davidoff was Managing Partner (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Louise Adamson has joined the firm as Partner in the San Francisco office. She joins from K&L Gates (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger of a $3.5 billion senior unsecured bridge facility for Walgreen Co. in connection with its proposed acquisition of not less than 45% of the issued and outstanding equity interests in Alliance Boots GmbH (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Vector Capital on the $2.2 billion leveraged buyout of Quest Software, Inc. Joining with CEO Vincent Smith and Insight Venture Partners, on June 19, 2012, Vector Capital entered into definitive agreements to acquire Quest for $25.75 per share in cash. The transaction is also being financed with approximately $1.2 billion of debt financing commitments from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Barclays Capital (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Joshua Hill has joined the firm as a litigation partner in the San Francisco office. For the past four years, Mr. Hill has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of California. He is a member of the firm’s white collar, securities litigation and complex commercial litigation practice groups (more…)
A team of five Corporate/Securities and Intellectual Property attorneys has joined the AmLaw 100 law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP, boosting the firm’s presence in Southern California (more…)
