Global law firm Proskauer served as counsel to funds managed by Ares Management LLC in their pending acquisition of Smart & Final Holdings Corp. for $975 million (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Murphy Oil Corporation in connection with the spinoff to its stockholders of Murphy Oil USA, Inc., its U.S. downstream subsidiary, into an independent and separately traded company (more…)
Davis Polk advised the underwriters in connection with an initial public offering of 5,060,000 shares of common stock of KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (including 660,000 shares in respect of the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) at $16.00 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $80.1 million (more…)
Shearman & Sterling has advised Ethical Oncology Science (EOS) on its collaboration and license agreement with Servier to further develop EOS’s antitumor drug E-3810. Under the terms of this agreement, EOS will receive a €45 million upfront payment, and Servier will obtain an exclusive license, covering the world with the exception of the United States, Japan and China. In addition, for an undisclosed amount, EOS will receive clinical and registration milestones as well as royalties (more…)
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, today announced that Harry W.R. Chamberlain II has joined the firm’s Sacramento office as a partner in the Litigation Division. Chamberlain comes to Manatt from Buchalter Nemer in Los Angeles (more…)
Scott R. Miller has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Miller joins Sheppard Mullin from Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, where he was partner-in-charge of the firm’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s management committee (more…)
Christian W. Liedtke has joined Buchalter Nemer’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, while awaiting California Bar results. Mr. Liedtke previously worked with Magic Circle and AmLaw 100 firms in Germany, the UK, and on both U.S. coasts. Leveraging his international background, Mr. Liedtke is experienced in national and particularly international multi-jurisdictional patent, trademark, design, unfair competition and copyright litigation (more…)
Davis Polk advised the underwriters in connection with an initial public offering of 8,984,375 ordinary shares of Fleetmatics Group PLC (including 1,171,875 shares in respect of the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) at $17.00 per share for gross proceeds of $152.7 million. Of those shares, FleetMatics sold 6,250,000 shares and the selling stockholders sold 2,734,375 shares (more…)
In further support of its client-driven business focus, the national law firm LeClairRyan has announced the addition of five attorneys who will expand upon the firm’s already substantial capabilities in intellectual property and litigation matters. This move also bolsters LeClairRyan’s capabilities in Los Angeles, while creating opportunities for clients of the firm nationally (more…)
Crowell & Moring LLP has bolstered its Health Care Group with the addition of three partners in the firm’s Los Angeles office. The trio includes Kevin Kroeker, Peter Roan, and Scott J. Moore, who join the firm from Locke Lord LLP. With a particular focus on handling regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters for managed care and other health care organizations, the team brings more than 75 years of combined experience to the firm’s health care practice (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as joint bookrunning managers, and ANZ Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., RBS Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, as co-managers, in connection with Agrium Inc.’s offering of US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.150% debentures due 2022 (more…)
By defeating a request for class certification in California federal court, attorneys at Rutan & Tucker, LLP, one of California’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, recently scored a precedent-setting victory for Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. of Edgewood, Maryland (more…)
