Adam R. Mehr, former EVP, Business Affairs and General Counsel of Gold Circle Films, has joined MS&K’s Entertainment & New Media and Corporate & Business Transactions practices (more…)
Shearman & Sterling is representing SafeNet, Inc. in its definitive agreement to sell its Government Solutions Business to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including required regulatory approvals, is expected to close by the end of 2012. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed (more…)
Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC as lead arranger and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent in connection with the redemption of McJunkin Red Man Corporation’s (MRMC) 9.5% senior secured notes due 2016 (the “Notes”) with a new $650 million senior secured term loan credit facility (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented BMO Capital Markets Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead underwriters in connection with Bank of Montreal’s registered public offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.80% Senior Notes due 2015 and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.55% Senior Notes due 2022 under its US medium-term note program (more…)
Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that Jeffrey J. Hessekiel has joined its FDA/Healthcare practice group as senior counsel in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices (more…)

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that Stephen Reiter, Ph.D. has joined the firm’s leading Intellectual Property Department as Counsel and is a member of the Health & Life Sciences team. Mr. Reiter will practice from Kilpatrick Townsend’s San Diego office (more…)
McGuireWoods LLP announced today that Molly White has joined the firm’s Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations (GRCI) practice group as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in connection with the registered public offering by Oracle Corporation of $5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes issued in equal $2.5 billion tranches of 1.200% senior notes due 2017 and 2.500% senior notes due 2022 (more…)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented a consortium of investors led by Stephen A. Kaplan, principal, co-portfolio manager of the Global Principal Group and member of Oaktree Capital Management’s Board of Directors, as part of Robert J. Pera’s $377 million acquisition of the Memphis Grizzlies NBA franchise, a deal that was approved unanimously by the NBA Board of Governors (more…)

The Haynes and Boone, LLP Silicon Valley office has grown with the addition of Mr. Yan Zhang as its first corporate partner (more…)
Bayer HealthCare LLC has signed a merger agreement to acquire Schiff Nutrition International, Inc., a leading company offering vitamins and nutritional supplements in the United States and other countries, for approximately $1.2 billion (more…)
The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4.05 billion. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions (more…)

