Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, the world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, and Accelrys, Inc., a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software for chemistry, biology and materials, announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement for Dassault Systèmes to acquire San Diego‑based Accelrys, Inc. Cravath represented Dassault Systèmes in connection with this transaction. (more…)
Steptoe & Johnson LLP is expanding its presence on the West Coast and its growing national intellectual property practice by opening an office in northern California. Joining the firm to spearhead the launch of the new Palo Alto office and to serve as its managing partner is William F. Abrams, a noted patent litigator with significant first-chair trial and appellate experience. Joining Mr. Abrams as a partner in Palo Alto is Sanjeet Dutta. As part of the expansion of the firm’s litigation practice, Boyd Cloern is joining as a partner in Steptoe’s Washington office. (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised CHC Group Ltd. on its $310 million initial public offering. CHC Group, the world’s largest commercial helicopter operator for the offshore oil and gas industry, now trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, “HELI.” (more…)
Thompson Coburn is pleased to announce that Victoria “Vicky” Gilbert has joined the firm as a partner in our Los Angeles office. Vicky will join the Banking and Commercial Finance group. Prior to joining the firm, she was a partner at Kaye Scholer. (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc in its $125 million acquisition of the worldwide development, manufacturing and commercial rights to ADX-N05 from Aerial BioPharma, LLC. ADX-N05 is being developed for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in patients suffering from narcolepsy. (more…)
Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that Grant Puleo has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group and Dawn Hall Cunneen has joined the Wealth Planning Practice Group, both in the firm’s San Diego office. Puleo’s addition further enhances the firm’s Real Estate capabilities in both San Diego and nationally, and Cunneen’s addition expands the firm’s national Wealth Planning Practice to the West Coast. Both Puleo and Cunneen join Duane Morris from Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. (more…)
Foley announced today that Francis Burke has joined the firm’s Government Enforcement, Compliance and White Collar Defense Practice as a litigation partner in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. (more…)
Nicholas O’Keefe, a lawyer with more than 18 years of corporate law and M&A experience, has joined Kaye Scholer as a partner in the Palo Alto office. O’Keefe was formerly Senior Counsel at Crowell & Moring and, before that, an M&A partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins. (more…)
Davis Polk advised Shire plc in connection with the divestiture of its DERMAGRAFT assets to Organogenesis Inc. The DERMAGRAFT assets comprise the key operating assets relating to the development, manufacture and sale of the DERMAGRAFT product (more…)
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to welcome John J. Lucas to the Firm’s Entertainment Litigation department. Previously with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Lucas has significant litigation and trial experience in both state and federal court, and represents talent, studios, television networks and independent entertainment production companies involved in the media, entertainment and Internet industries (more…)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that prominent trial lawyers Marshall Grossman and Stacy Weinstein Harrison have joined the firm as partners in its Los Angeles office (more…)
Litigator Reza Mirzaie has joined Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP as a partner in the Firm’s Patent Litigation practice. Previously with Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Mirzaie specializes in patent, trademark and trade secret litigation involving a variety of technologies, including computer hardware, software, and various types of electronics and mechanical systems. He has litigated in a variety of forums, including numerous federal district courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. (more…)
