The Firm is representing hiSoft Technology International Limited (“hiSoft”) in connection with its proposed merger with VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (“VanceInfo”). Under the terms of the merger agreement, the companies will be combined in a tax-free, all-stock merger of equals with a combined equity value of approximately US$875 million. VanceInfo and hiSoft shareholders will each own approximately 50% of the combined company. The combined company will continue to be traded on the NASDAQ as hiSoft shares (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Westar Energy, Inc. in connection with an SEC-registered dribble-out offering and related forward transactions as part of its existing $500 million continuous equity financing program. BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, acted as the sales agent (more…)
Davis Polk advised Ingram Micro Inc. on its SEC-registered debt offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2022. The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBS Securities Inc (more…)
Nossaman LLP adds Anthony Arostegui and Sylvia Arostegui as partners in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. and Ms. Arostegui will be based in Nossaman’s Sacramento office (more…)
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. announced a jury verdict awarding $112 million in an intellectual property infringement and business tort suit against A10 Networks (more…)
Davis Polk advised Texas Instruments Incorporated on its SEC-registered debt offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes, consisting of $750 million of 0.45% notes due 2015 and $750 million of 1.65% notes due 2019. The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (more…)
DLA Piper represented MarkMonitor, a global leader in online brand protection, in its acquisition by the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals (more…)
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm won dismissal of all claims in an antitrust action brought in Washington state court against the firm’s client, LG Display, the world’s largest LCD panel maker. The state attorney general alleged that LG Display and several other manufacturers had conspired to fix the price of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, causing the State and consumers to pay supracompetitive prices for LCD products (more…)
The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) continues to expand its presence in Southern California and Washington, D.C., through the recent addition of Kim Tyrrell-Knott, a seasoned health care IT attorney. Tyrrell-Knott joins the Health Care and Life Sciences practice as a Member of the Firm in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices (more…)
Duane Morris is pleased to announce that Marianne F. Adriatico has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in its San Diego office. Adriatico further strengthens Duane Morris’ real estate practice, particularly its expanding capabilities in California. She joins Duane Morris from HechtSolberg LLP (more…)
Covington & Burling represented Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. in connection with its new $64.4 million project finance fund with partners U.S. Bank and National Cooperative Bank. The fund will be used to build more than 18 megawatts of solar energy systems, including systems to be located at four municipal landfill installations and one school district (more…)
Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Orange County’s largest full-service business law firm, recently announced that Julie Russ has rejoined the firm as senior counsel (more…)
