The Firm is representing Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) and the management of Unisteel Technology International Limited (“Unisteel”) in connection with the sale of Unisteel to SFS intec, a wholly owned subsidiary of SFS Group. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2012. Financial terms were not disclosed (more…)
Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP, a nationally recognized law firm, today announced the addition of Tad A. Devlin as a partner in its San Francisco office. He joins KDVG’s Insurance Coverage & Monitoring and Business Litigation practices (more…)
The Orange County office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), continues its tremendous growth by welcoming a shareholder, former in-house counsel, and an associate to its Southern California ranks (more…)
Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, announced today that Lawrence M. Chu has joined the firm’s Business Law Department in its Silicon Valley office as a member of Goodwin’s Technology Companies, M&A/Corporate Governance and Private Equity Practices (more…)
Davis Polk advised Sterling Financial Corporation in connection with its SEC-registered secondary offering of 5,738,637 shares of its common stock by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) for proceeds of approximately $115 million. Treasury’s initial preferred stock investment in Sterling, made as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s (TARP) Capital Purchase Program (CPP), was exchanged for common stock on August 26, 2010, as part of a larger recapitalization of the company (more…)

O’Melveny & Myers LLP announced today that Mark Easton is rejoining the Firm from Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. where he served as Deputy General Counsel. Easton will reside in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office as a partner and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group (more…)
Davis Polk advised El Paso Electric Company in connection with the issuance of an aggregate of $82.5 million of pollution control refunding revenue bonds (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with Broadcom Corporation’s offering of $500 million of its 2.500% Senior Notes due 2022. Broadcom Corporation is a California-based company that develops semiconductors for wired and wireless communications (more…)
With a continued move towards expanding its geographic footprint, Richardson & Patel LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Orange County under the leadership of Partner Addison Adams (more…)

Tesoro Corp. will spend $2.5 billion to purchase a Southern California refinery and more than 800 gas stations in California, Nevada and Arizona. In addition, Tesoro will also acquire the ARCO brand (more…)
Simpson Thacher is representing Getty Images, Inc. and its controlling shareholders, investment funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman LLC, in connection with Getty Images’ pending acquisition by entities controlled by The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and Getty Images management for $3.3 billion. Carlyle will acquire a controlling stake in Getty Images, while Getty Images Co-Founder and Chairman Mark Getty and the Getty family will roll substantially all of their ownership interests into the transaction (more…)
Dykema Gossett PLLC announces that Julia Zhu has joined the Firm as a senior counsel in its Corporate Finance practice. She will be based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office and will lend her talents to Dykema’s China Team, providing legal representation and strategic counsel to firms who look to do business either with or in China (more…)

