The Firm is representing Hellman & Friedman LLC in connection with the announced acquisition of Applied Systems, Inc. by investment funds advised by Hellman & Friedman for $1.8 billion. Applied Systems is being acquired from Bain Capital, a global private investment firm. The transaction is subject to customary conditions to closing and is expected to be completed in early 2014 (more…)
DLA Piper represented ACTIVE Network, a San Diego-based software company, in its $1.05 billion acquisition by Vista Equity Partners, the largest Internet leveraged buyout in 2013 (more…)
Milbank represented Cortland Products Corp., the administrative agent under GateHouse Media, Inc.’s $1.2 billion prepetition credit facility that was restructured through a prepackaged chapter 11 case (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented Sophia Holding Finance, L.P. (“Sophia Holding”) and its co-issuer in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.625%/10.375% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2018. Sophia Holding intends to use the net proceeds the offering to pay a distribution to its equityholders (more…)
Morris Polich & Purdy LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy J. Toohey joined the firm as a partner on November 1, 2013. A US and EU Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US and CIPP/EU), Tim is a graduate of Stanford University, Harvard University and UC Berkeley School of Law. Additionally, Tim attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. His practice is concentrated on data protection and privacy matters, complex litigation and intellectual property. An authority in the field, Tim has authored the timely book in the cyber arena Understanding Privacy & Data Protection – What You Need to Know with Thomson Reuters/Aspatore (2014). The book provides a succinct and fundamental study, offering key guidance regarding the many existing domestic and international laws while addressing technological developments that impact privacy and data security. Bringing a wealth of experience to the firm, Tim has assumed the leadership of the firm’s established cyber, privacy & data security team (more…)
The Firm represented Seagate Technology plc (“Seagate”) in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Senior Notes due 2018. The notes were issued by Seagate HDD Cayman, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate, and guaranteed by Seagate. Morgan Stanley acted as sole lead and bookrunning manager of the offering (more…)
Tamara Bogosian, a former deputy city attorney and county prosecutor, recently joined Best Best & Krieger LLP where she will defend cities and public safety officers in liability cases as part of the law firm’s public safety group. She also will oversee complex code enforcement cases across Southern California (more…)
Stephen G. Stwora-Hail, a prominent real estate attorney with more than 25 years of experience in the Sacramento region, has joined Best Best & Krieger LLP as a partner in its business services practice group (more…)
Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers in connection with the $187.5 million initial public offering of 15,000,000 shares of common stock of Chegg, Inc. Of the shares in the offering, 14,400,000 shares were offered by Chegg and 600,000 shares were offered by a selling stockholder. Chegg’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CHGG.” (more…)
Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as the sole underwriter in an SEC-registered public offering of 2,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc., sold by Greenlight Capital, L.P., Greenlight Capital Qualified, L.P. and Greenlight Capital Offshore Partners, as the selling stockholders. The net proceeds from the offering totaled approximately $42.5 million (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP has announced that two attorneys have joined the firm’s transactional practice from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Edward V. Kayukov and Laurae Rossi, both project finance attorneys, join Winston & Strawn as partners in the Los Angeles office. The firm has now welcomed approximately 20 attorneys in the last 12 months to its Los Angeles office. The recent hire comes on the heels of the firm’s opening of an office in Silicon Valley, which brings Winston & Strawn’s presence on the West Coast to three offices (more…)
Hogan Lovells today announced the expansion of its Los Angeles Office with the addition of a prominent, long-standing corporate transactional team. Veteran Los Angeles corporate and mergers and acquisitions partner Barry Dastin, prominent media and entertainment partner Sheri Jeffrey, and corporate and M&A partner Russ Cashdan will join Hogan Lovells’ Los Angeles office. The three partners have worked together as a team for more than fifteen years (more…)
