LeClairRyan is pleased to announce the addition of four new employees to its San Francisco office. Joining the firm as shareholders in the corporate and tax practices are Bridget McInerney Harris and L. Randolph Harris. D. Karen Maready joins as an associate, along with legal assistant Georgina M. De Brito, in the same practices. All were formerly with Cooper, White & Cooper LLP (more…)

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Arent Fox Los Angeles continues its dynamic growth with the addition of David C. Meyer, a corporate partner with a multidisciplinary practice representing international corporations, auto industry companies, high-tech start-ups, research and development companies, and high net worth individuals (more…)

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Alston & Bird has continued the western expansion of its nationally recognized and ranked corporate practice with the addition of five new leading attorneys, each of whom brings with them a highly regarded reputation within the California and West Coast business and legal communities (more…)

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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A offering by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. of $150 million aggregate principal amount of 2.25% convertible senior debentures due 2042 (more…)

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Farella Braun + Martel announced today that its client Zep Solar has reached a confidential settlement in its multi-year patent infringement dispute with Westinghouse Solar (more…)

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Ted M. Handel has joined Haight Brown & Bonesteel’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Business Solutions and Construction Law practice groups.  He has more than twenty years of experience advising corporations, real estate developers, and nonprofit organizations.  Prior to joining Haight, Handel was a partner at Koletsky, Mancini, Feldman & Morrow (more…)

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Blank Rome is pleased to announce that Todd A. Boock has joined the Firm as Of Counsel and David A. Berkley, Christopher J. Donewald, and Robert P. Merten III as Associates in the Firm’s Los Angeles office (more…)

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The Firm represented Riverwood Capital in connection with its investment in Lighting Science Group Corporation. Lighting Science Group announced the completion of its final round of private placements in which it raised approximately $140 million in equity funding and commitments from various investors (more…)

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Davis Polk advised Leerink Swann LLC as the sole book-running manager in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 1,780,000 shares of common stock of Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI). The gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $16 million (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling is representing VMware, Inc. in its definitive agreement to acquire Wanova, Inc (more…)

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Sheppard Mullin partners Jeryl Bowers, Eric Klein and Ken Yood served as counsel to DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney dialysis services, in its $4.42 billion merger with HealthCare Partners, the country’s largest operator of medical groups and physician networks (more…)

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DLA Piper today announced that Michael Torosian has joined the Corporate and Finance practice as a partner in the Silicon Valley office (more…)

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