The Firm represented underwriters, led by BofA Merrill Lynch and RBS, in a public offering of $350 million principal amount of 4.875% Notes due 2022 of Avnet, Inc (more…)
Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Airgas, Inc. of $250 million principal amount of its 2.9% notes due 2022 (more…)
Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the addition of Labor & Employment partner Charles Thompson and senior counsel Nicole Bolson to the firm’s San Francisco office, bolstering the bench strength of the firm’s National Trial Team and robust West Coast presence (more…)
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is at it again. The California Daily Journal recently ranked Procopio fourth among all California firms in terms of growth in 2012, with a 27.3% growth rate. And the firm recently earned the ranking as San Diego’s largest law firm, with over 130 attorneys.
Procopio now adds again to that number, announcing the addition of five new attorneys to their Silicon Valley office (more…)
A team of lawyers including Jordan Altura (SF), Susan Meyer (SD), and Benni Amato (SD), successfully defended a lawsuit filed by two actresses in Contra Costa Superior Court against our client, a large consignment company which hired those actresses for a television commercial (more…)

Simpson Thacher is representing Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co., Ltd. in connection with its US$75 million acquisition of 70% equity interest in HBA International, a world leader in interior design services for the hospitality industry (more…)
Davis Polk advised CSG Systems International, Inc. (CSG) in connection with its $250 million amended and restated senior secured revolving and term loan credit facility (more…)
Alston & Bird LLP announced today that James R. Evans, Jr., has joined its litigation team as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented Sears Holdings Corporation (Sears Holdings) in the spin-off of approximately 44.5% of the common shares of Sears Canada Inc. (Sears Canada) on a pro rata basis to holders of Sears Holdings common stock. Sears Holdings will retain an ownership interest of approximately 51% in Sears Canada (more…)

Corporate Partner Andrew Katz led the MS&K team in assisting California Republic Bank, Newport Beach, California, with its first securitization transaction in which $186.56 million in notes and $13.5 million of trust certificates backed by the Bank’s auto loans were sold to qualified institutional buyers in a private offering which closed November 8, 2012 (more…)
Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that Richard S. Millard has joined its Corporate and Securities practice group as senior counsel in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Arthur L. Haubenstock has joined the firm’s San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices as a Senior Counsel in the Environment, Energy & Resources (EER) practice (more…)

