Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2014, it is merging with MBV Law LLP.
This move adds seven attorneys to the Fox roster and bolsters its footprint in Northern California. (more…)
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo (AALRR) is pleased to announce that Kellie Christianson has joined the firm’s Irvine, California office as a partner, bringing a 21-year practice that focuses on legal counsel and strategic advice to car dealerships and small businesses exclusively in all aspects of employment and business litigation. She had been a partner with the firm of Callahan Thompson Sherman & Caudill LLP. (more…)
Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce the addition of Brian Arnold as a partner in the intellectual property litigation group in Los Angeles. He joins Snell & Wilmer from the law firm Loeb & Loeb LLP. (more…)
Given the pace of change in today’s market environment and an increase in investment opportunities for our private equity clients, we are pleased to announce the expansion of our private equity capabilities on the West Coast with the addition of Marc Kenny, who joins us as a new partner to our private equity practice. (more…)
Janet Hickson has joined the Orange County, California, office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon as a partner in the firm’s national litigation practice. (more…)
Farella Braun + Martel LLP adds 20-year energy and real estate finance attorney Dirk R. Mueller as a partner in its Renewable Energy & Clean Technologies Practice Group and Real Estate & Land Use Department. (more…)
On Nov. 27, Asim K. Desai joined the Los Angeles office of Gordon & Rees as a partner in the firm’s Insurance, Tort & Product Liability, Class Action, and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups. Mr. Desai will also serve as co–chair of the Bad Faith/Extracontractual Practice Group. (more…)
Reed Smith today welcomes a further addition to its expanding Silicon Valley office: longtime Palo Alto insider George A. Willman, who joins the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities Group. (more…)
DLA Piper represented EdgeCast Networks, a Los Angeles-based content delivery network, in its acquisition by Verizon Digital Media Services. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to customary closing conditions (more…)
DLA Piper has advised NASDAQ listed HomeAway Inc on its purchase of Stayz Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairfax Media Limited [ASX:FXJ], for A$220 million, making it one of the most significant M&A deals in the technology, media & telecommunications sector in Australia in 2013 (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Xencor, Inc. on its initial public offering. Xencor, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergic diseases and cancer, now trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “XNCR.” (more…)
Nossaman LLP announces the addition of Steven E. Knott as a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Knott is an experienced trial lawyer specializing in commercial disputes, insurance coverage, environmental, and construction litigation. (more…)
