Foley announced today that Jose L. Patiño and Nicola A. Pisano have joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice as partners in the San Diego/Del Mar office. Both attorneys were previously partners at Jones Day (more…)
Corporate attorney Judy Deng has joined Reed Smith’s Silicon Valley office, where she will focus on cross-border U.S.-China transactions and corporate financings of companies with international operations (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Vermillion Inc., a medical diagnostic company, and current and former directors in successfully defeating a shareholder lawsuit challenging the board’s decision to reduce its size in the face of a threatened proxy contest (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as lead agent in connection with a credit facility to finance San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital’s acquisition of Ex-Libris Group, a leading provider of cloud-based and on-premise content and knowledge management software solutions for academic and research institutions from Leeds Equity Partners (more…)
DLA Piper today announced that Patrick Connolly has joined the firm’s Tax practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office (more…)

Hunton & Williams LLP continues its strategic growth with the addition of partner Colleen Doyle and counsel Diana Martin to the firm’s environmental law practice group. Formerly with Bingham McCutchen LLP, Doyle and Martin are based in the firm’s Los Angeles office and rejoin partner Scott Burton, who moved to the firm from Bingham in 2008 (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, a unit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in financing two acquisitions made by Bullhorn Inc., a recruiting software company owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented the City of Rialto in securing two settlements worth $4.7 million in cash payments (plus obtaining withdrawal of challenges to an existing additional settlement for $4 million) as well as a binding commitment to clean up contamination from the B.F. Goodrich Superfund Site in San Bernardino County (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Zenprise, a leading innovator in mobile device management, in its definitive agreement to be acquired by Citrix. Subject to closing conditions including regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013 (more…)

Davis Polk is advising BBAM Limited Partnership in connection with Onex Corporation’s acquisition of a 50% stake in BBAM for $165 million. Onex and BBAM have also committed to invest $25 million in the aggregate in newly issued shares of FLY Leasing Limited, a leading global lessor of commercial jet aircraft managed by BBAM (more…)
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney announced today that Scott Smith, M.D., J.D. has joined the Patent and Life Sciences practice groups in the Firm’s Palo Alto office as a Partner. Mr. Smith brings twelve years of experience as a patent attorney focused on the medical device industry (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Alta Partners, a leading venture capital firm in life sciences, as lead investor in Zafgen, Inc.’s US$21 million Series D equity financing. Zafgen, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing the needs of severely obese patients (more…)

