Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Scott E. McPherson has joined the firm, Of Counsel. McPherson will serve clients from his San Diego, California, office, practicing in all areas of intellectual property, with an emphasis on managing IP portfolios, negotiating complex intellectual property transactions and agreements, and drafting and prosecuting patent applications. Prior to attending law school, Scott gained significant field experience as a patent specialist and contract administrator at Nanogen, Inc., and as a scientist at the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Sciences (TPIMS) and at Trega Biosociences (more…)
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added shareholder Bradley R. Marsh to its Tax Practice Group in San Francisco. Marsh’s practice is concentrated in the areas of federal, state and local tax controversy matters, including payroll, property, business license, employment, franchise, parcel, district, sales, documentary transfer, transient occupancy, utility user, income, parking, gift and estate taxes (more…)
Alston & Bird LLP announced today that Dominique R. Shelton has joined its litigation team as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. An experienced litigator and counselor, Ms. Shelton’s practice is focused on privacy, unfair competition and intellectual property matters (more…)
Goodwin Procter attorneys recently advised the underwriters, led by Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, in the PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (PennyMac) initial public offering of more than 12 million shares of common stock at $18 per share. Shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker “PFSI” (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Joint Lead Arranger and lender, in connection with a participation in a revolving credit facility for Quiksilver, Inc. The revolving credit facility is $230 million, with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. holding $50 million (more…)
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Steve Plinio has joined its Los Angeles office as a shareholder in the Entertainment & Media Practice (more…)
The Firm is representing Vingroup Joint Stock Company, Vietnam’s largest private-sector real estate operator, in connection with definitive agreements by a consortium led by an affiliate of Warburg Pincus to make a $200 million investment in Vincom Retail. The definitive agreements also include a commitment from Warburg Pincus to participate in future capital raising by Vingroup in an amount of up to US$25 million, and an opportunity for the consortium to invest an additional US$100 million in Vincom Retail to expand the platform and explore future retail property-related opportunities (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented Oaktree Capital Group, LLC in the registered follow-on offering of 8.05 million Class A units representing limited liability company interests. Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse were the joint global coordinators for the approximately $431 million offering. Oaktree intends to use all of the net proceeds from the offering to acquire interests in its business from certain of its directors, employees and other investors (more…)
Arent Fox is proud to announce the opening of its new San Francisco office in the KPMG Building at 55 Second Street in the city’s Financial District. As a result of client demand, the firm will expand into Northern California with its nationally recognized Automotive, Communications, Mobile & Technology, Complex Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, and Sports practices (more…)
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, today announced that Dean B. Herman, who has more than 30 years of experience in insurance industry and business litigation, and Hee Young Lee, who has represented insurers and policyholders for more than a decade, have joined the firm as partners in its Los Angeles office. They will be accompanied by Craig D. Aronson as senior counsel and Steven S. Son, Andrew C. Johnson and Mikhaile P. Savary as associates (more…)
Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with the $140.4 million initial public offering of 9,686,171 shares of common stock of Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (including 1,263,413 shares subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option) at $14.50 per share (more…)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP represented Sacramento Basketball Holdings LLC, a buyer group led by TIBCO Software CEO and Chairman Vivek Ranadive, in completing its acquisition of the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family (more…)
