Nossaman LLP today announced the expansion of its real estate practice in Southern California with the addition of Daniel J. Katz as a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Katz joins Nossaman’s Real Estate Practice Group, where he will build on the Firm’s strength in a variety of real estate transactions, and will further enhance Nossaman’s focus on the healthcare industry (more…)
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP is pleased to announce that Paul S. Jasper has joined the Firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Business Services Department, and the Corporate & Finance and Creditors’ Rights & Business Restructuring Practice Groups (more…)
Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP) is pleased to announce that Steven L. Hoch has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as Partner (more…)
Margaret A. Keane, formerly a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, has joined Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, as a shareholder in its San Francisco office (more…)

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Dayan R. Rosen has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Leveraged Finance Practice. Mr. Rosen comes to Manatt from Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles (more…)
Munger, Tolles & Olson represented HealthCare Partners in a significant transaction for the healthcare industry. DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services, agreed on May 20, 2012 to acquire Healthcare Partners, the nation’s largest operator of medical groups and physician networks, for $4.42 billion (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank as joint bookrunning managers in connection with Amgen’s registered offering of $3 billion of investment grade notes, consisting of $1.25 billion of 2.125% senior notes due 2017, $750 million of 3.625% senior notes due 2022 and $1 billion of 5.375% senior notes due 2043 (more…)
We are pleased to announce that Dan Wheeler has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco offices. He will practice with the firm’s Banking Client Service Group (more…)

Davis Polk is advising Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. on its acquisition of American Integration Technologies, LLC for approximately $99 million, consisting of $74 million in cash and 4.5 million shares of Ultra Clean common stock (more…)
Members of Nossaman’s Healthcare and Corporate Practice Groups successfully represented HealthCare Partners, the country’s largest operator of medical groups and physician networks, in their merger agreement with DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (more…)
Davis Polk advised Westar Energy, Inc. in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.125% first-mortgage bonds due 2042 (more…)

