Matthew B. Gruenberg, a noted corporate lawyer, has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and will chair the Franchising & Distribution Law Practice Group (more…)

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Foley announced today that Frederic J. Adam (“Fred”) has joined the firm’s Tax & Individual Planning Practice as a partner in its Silicon Valley office. Prior to joining Foley, Fred was a tax partner in the International Corporate Tax group of KPMG LLP (more…)

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International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pleased to announce the addition of former California legislator Alyson Lewis Huber who has joined the firm’s Sacramento office as of counsel in the Governmental Affairs and Litigation practices. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Huber was a legislator for the 10th District (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Plum Healthcare Group, LLC and private equity firm GI Partners in the sale of Plum Healthcare Group to Bay Bridge Capital Partners (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented GI Partners (“GI”), a leading mid-market private equity firm, in the sale of its 75% ownership stake in FlatIron Crossing, a 1.7 million square foot class-A regional mall located in Broomfield, CO, to its joint venture partner, Macerich (NYSE: MAC), a public real estate investment trust (more…)

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Foley announced today that Jose L. Patiño and Nicola A. Pisano have joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice as partners in the San Diego/Del Mar office. Both attorneys were previously partners at Jones Day (more…)

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Corporate attorney Judy Deng has joined Reed Smith’s Silicon Valley office, where she will focus on cross-border U.S.-China transactions and corporate financings of companies with international operations (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Vermillion Inc., a medical diagnostic company, and current and former directors in successfully defeating a shareholder lawsuit challenging the board’s decision to reduce its size in the face of a threatened proxy contest (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as lead agent in connection with a credit facility to finance San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital’s acquisition of Ex-Libris Group, a leading provider of cloud-based and on-premise content and knowledge management software solutions for academic and research institutions from Leeds Equity Partners (more…)

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DLA Piper today announced that Patrick Connolly has joined the firm’s Tax practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office (more…)

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Hunton & Williams LLP continues its strategic growth with the addition of partner Colleen Doyle and counsel Diana Martin to the firm’s environmental law practice group. Formerly with Bingham McCutchen LLP, Doyle and Martin are based in the firm’s Los Angeles office and rejoin partner Scott Burton, who moved to the firm from Bingham in 2008 (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, a unit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in financing two acquisitions made by Bullhorn Inc., a recruiting software company owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners (more…)

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