Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Thomas F. Hanley, III has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Real Estate Department. Previously, Hanley was a partner at Dykema Gossett, where he led the firm’s Los Angeles Real Estate Practice Group (more…)
Loeb & Loeb LLP, along with Canadian co-counsel, represented The Weir Group PLC, a global engineering solutions provider in the minerals, oil and gas and power sectors, in its acquisition (through a subsidiary) of the R Wales group of companies, a Canada- and Arizona-based manufacturer of rubber linings for the mining, minerals processing and oil sands industries (more…)
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that three lawyers have joined the Firm as partners in its Silicon Valley Office. Wendy Davis is now a member of Jones Day’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice, and Janet M. McNicholas, Ph.D. and Gregory P. Silberman have joined as members of Jones Day’s Intellectual Property Practice (more…)
On March 1, the attorneys from the top-tier trial and litigation defense firm of Brown Eassa & McLeod LLP will join Sedgwick LLP. Brown Eassa is a well-known civil defense firm, with a breadth of experience in product liability, class action, commercial litigation, mass tort, labor and employment, and environmental matters. Seven partners and their team of associates will be based in Sedgwick’s San Francisco office, and one partner and one associate will work out of Sedgwick’s Los Angeles office (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that C. Thomas Hopkins and Ian Smith have joined the firm’s Business department as partners in its Los Angeles office. Both Hopkins and Smith join Cooley from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. Hopkins joined Sheppard as a partner in 2001, and co-chaired the firm’s global corporate practice group. Smith also joined Sheppard in 2001 and became a partner in 2008 (more…)
The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and J.P. Morgan, in connection with Micron Technology, Inc.’s offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2033. The notes were offered in two tranches and only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented LineRate Systems, Inc. in connection with the sale of the company to F5 Networks, Inc. Based near Boulder, Colorado, LineRate Systems, Inc. provides software that offers layer 7+ network services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed (more…)
Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that James R. Walther has joined the firm’s Corporate and Securities and Financial Services practices as a senior counsel in its Los Angeles office (more…)
John A. McKinsey has joined Locke Lord’s Sacramento office as a Partner in the Energy and Corporate practices. He is well-known as a lead counsel for the siting of major power projects in California before the California Energy Commission and other state environmental and land use agencies as well as for advising independent power producers on western energy and power regulatory matters (more…)
Davis Polk advised the Republic of Guatemala on its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2028. The sole book-running manager of the offering was HSBC Securities (USA) Inc (more…)
Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Airgas, Inc. of $325 million principal amount of its 1.65% notes due 2018 and $275 million principal amount of its 2.375% notes due 2020 (more…)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that the Firm has expanded its West Coast corporate practice with the hiring of leading attorneys Michael S. Ringler and Rick C. Madden. Mr. Ringler will join the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco office and was previously a mergers and acquisitions partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Mr. Madden will join as a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office and was previously a corporate partner in the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (more…)
