Davis Polk is advising Equinix, Inc. on its sale of 16 data centers located throughout the United States to an investment group consisting of 365 Main, Crosslink Capital and Housatonic Partners for approximately $75 million. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012, subject to customary closing conditions (more…)
Davis Polk is advising FormFactor, Inc. on its $116.8 million acquisition of Astria Semiconductor Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Micro-Probe Incorporated. Under the terms of the merger agreement, FormFactor will acquire Astria for approximately $100 million in cash and $16.8 million in stock (more…)
Bruce G. Chapman has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s 70-attorney Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Chapman joins from Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz in Los Angeles (more…)
The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Ronie M. Schmelz has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Department. She will divide her practice between the firm’s offices in Los Angeles and New York (more…)
Morgan Lewis today announced that Malcolm Goeschl—a well-known Bay Area immigration lawyer—has joined the firm as a partner in its Labor and Employment Practice, resident in San Francisco. Mr. Goeschl has been an immigration lawyer for his entire career and specializes in the challenges facing emerging businesses that are founded by or that employ foreign talent (more…)
Davis Polk advised Mailgun, Inc. on its acquisition by Rackspace Hosting, Inc., which was completed on August 29, 2012. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed (more…)
Hogan Lovells announced today that commercial trial lawyers Mark Goodman and Ethan Miller have joined the firm’s Northern California offices as partners (more…)
Theodora Oringher PC is pleased to welcome Helen B. Kim as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Los Angeles office (more…)
