Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Samuel W. Krause has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as Of Counsel. Mr. Krause joins Jackson Lewis with over a decade of experience in the practice of employee benefits law (more…)
The global legal practice of Squire Sanders is pleased to announce today that Chris M. Amantea has joined its Environmental, Safety and Health Practice Group as partner, resident in the Los Angeles office (more…)
Cooley LLP announced that it advised Method Products in its sale to Ecover. The sale creates the world’s largest green cleaning company. Method, based in San Francisco, is the leader in premium planet-friendly and design-driven home, fabric and personal care products. Ecover is a European-based, company that manufactures eco-friendly cleaning products (more…)
Cooley LLP announced that it represented Switzerland-based Molecular Partners as the company expanded its existing collaboration relationship with Allergan. The companies entered into two separate agreements to discover, develop and commercialize proprietary therapeutic DARPin® products for the treatment of serious ophthalmic diseases (more…)
The international law firm Bryan Cave LLP (www.bryancave.com) announced the addition of Lou Weller as of counsel in the firm’s San Francisco office. Weller will take a lead role within the firm’s real estate capital markets tax practice as well as provide enhanced tax capabilities within California and nationally. Previously he served as National Director of Real Estate Transaction Planning and National Director, Like Kind Exchange Services at Deloitte Tax LLP (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing LA Fitness in the acquisition of assets relating to all of the Urban Active Fitness clubs in seven states. The transaction remains subject to various closing conditions (more…)
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce that Jeremy M. Pelphrey has joined the firm as counsel in the Los Angeles office (more…)
Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, announced today that Laura A. Rupenian has joined the firm’s Business Law Department in its San Francisco office as a member of Goodwin’s Leveraged Finance and Private Equity Practices. She will focus on advising private equity groups as well as public and private companies on a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions. Rupenian joins Goodwin from Kirkland & Ellis where she spent 11 years, including five years as a partner in their Debt Finance Group (more…)
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. and Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation have announced a definitive agreement under which Valeant will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Medicis for $44.00 per share in cash (more…)
Realty Income Corporation, the Monthly Dividend Company, and American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. have announced a definitive merger agreement under which Realty Income will acquire all of the outstanding shares of American Realty Capital Trust in a transaction valued at approximately $2.95 billion. (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a global law firm, announced today that the firm represented leading middle-market private equity firm GI Partners and its portfolio company, PC Helps Support, LLC, in the sale of PC Helps, a provider of desktop and mobile software application support services and productivity training, to Baird Capital Partners (more…)
BuckleySandler LLP, a nationally recognized financial services and government enforcement law firm, continues the momentum of its strategic growth with the opening of a new office in Orange County, CA, effective September 1, 2012. The firm, which has offices in Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and New York, is expanding to meet the regulatory, enforcement, litigation, and transactional needs of its Orange County clients (more…)
