Shearman & Sterling represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with Broadcom Corporation’s offering of $500 million of its 2.500% Senior Notes due 2022. Broadcom Corporation is a California-based company that develops semiconductors for wired and wireless communications (more…)
With a continued move towards expanding its geographic footprint, Richardson & Patel LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Orange County under the leadership of Partner Addison Adams (more…)
Tesoro Corp. will spend $2.5 billion to purchase a Southern California refinery and more than 800 gas stations in California, Nevada and Arizona. In addition, Tesoro will also acquire the ARCO brand (more…)
Simpson Thacher is representing Getty Images, Inc. and its controlling shareholders, investment funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman LLC, in connection with Getty Images’ pending acquisition by entities controlled by The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and Getty Images management for $3.3 billion. Carlyle will acquire a controlling stake in Getty Images, while Getty Images Co-Founder and Chairman Mark Getty and the Getty family will roll substantially all of their ownership interests into the transaction (more…)
Dykema Gossett PLLC announces that Julia Zhu has joined the Firm as a senior counsel in its Corporate Finance practice. She will be based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office and will lend her talents to Dykema’s China Team, providing legal representation and strategic counsel to firms who look to do business either with or in China (more…)
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that it served as legal adviser to Getty Images, Inc., the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual content and other digital media, in its sale by Hellman & Friedman to a partnership comprised of global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and Getty Images management for $3.3 billion (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP announced today that Bruce Tobey, a highly regarded entertainment transactions lawyer with more than a decade of executive experience, has joined the Firm’s Entertainment, Sports and Media Practice. He will reside in the Firm’s Century City office (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Getty Investments in connection with the $3.3 billion acquisition of Getty Images, Inc. Getty Images co-founder and chairman Mark Getty and the Getty family will roll substantially all of their 30% ownership interests into the transaction, and increase their ownership stake going forward, while Hellman & Friedman LLC will sell its controlling interest to The Carlyle Group (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in connection with eBay Inc.’s registered public offering of $3 billion aggregate principal amount of investment grade Notes, comprised of $250 million of 0.70% Notes due 2015, $1 billion of 1.35% Notes due 2017, $1 billion of 2.60% Notes due 2022 and $750 million of 4.00% Notes due 2042 (more…)
A team of Goodwin Procter attorneys is advising Taiwanese software developer SpringSoft in its planned acquisition by Synopsys, Inc (more…)
Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of C. Edward Langhammer, Jr., as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Mr. Langhammer will be a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Practice (more…)
Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A offering by Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of $201.25 million aggregate principal amount of 2.75% convertible senior notes due 2019 (more…)
