Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Portola Pharmaceuticals on its $140 million initial public offering. Portola is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics in the areas of thrombosis, other hematologic disorders and inflammation for patients who currently have limited or no approved treatment options (more…)
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP has partnered with Frances O’Meara to form Thompson Coe & O’Meara, LLP to practice law in California (more…)
Attorney Joseph P. Byrne, a California water leader who chairs the California Water Commission, recently joined Best Best & Krieger LLP where his practice is focusing on public law and business law (more…)
Louis Dienes has joined Locke Lord’s Los Angeles office as a Partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Dienes brings a wealth of experience working with clients in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, equity and debt financings, and business operations (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Chris Kennerly, has joined the firm as a partner with the Intellectual Property practice in Palo Alto. Mr. Kennerly joins from Baker Botts LLP, where he was chair of the Palo Alto IP department. His technology-based practice and experience with mobile telecom companies complements the firms growing footprint in the mobile technology market (more…)
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing Shuanghui International Holdings Limited, the owner of China’s largest publicly-traded meat processing enterprise, in a US$7.1 billion agreement to acquire Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD), the largest U.S. publicly-traded pork processor and hog producer. The combination will create one of the largest global pork production, processing and packaged meat companies in the world (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Bank of America Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as financial advisers to Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in connection with its $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services, Inc. The transaction, which is subject to approval by LPS and FNF stockholders and other customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2013 (more…)
Nancy Kierstyn Schreiner has joined Anderson Kill California, LLP, the west coast office of Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., as a shareholder and will chair the firm’s new Government Affairs Group (more…)
Xellia Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical group focusing on the development, manufacturing and global commercialization of anti-infective therapies, announced that Novo A/S, the holding company of the Novo Group, has entered into an agreement to purchase all shares of the group for approximately US $700 million from 3i and other current shareholders, as detailed in the company press release below. Closing of the transaction will be subject to relevant competition law approvals, and is expected to take place during the third quarter of 2013 (more…)
Attorneys at Rutan & Tucker, LLP, one of California’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, recently scored a major victory for online retailer Buy.Com and its Rakuten.com Shopping website, in a class action complaint seeking more than $500 million in statutory damages (more…)
BakerHostetler announced today that J. David Bournazian has joined the firm’s Litigation Group as a Partner in its Costa Mesa office. He comes to BakerHostetler from Kutak Rock LLP (more…)
On May 16, 2013, Simpson Thacher client Mining Machinery Limited (“MML”) and Caterpillar, Inc. resolved all outstanding issues arising out of Caterpillar’s June 2012 acquisition of Zhengzhou Siwei, a leading manufacturer of hydraulic roof supports used in the mining industry in China. After it acquired Siwei, Caterpillar alleged that it had uncovered deliberate accounting misconduct and recorded a $580 million goodwill impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2012. Simpson Thacher represented Emory Williams and John Lee, former directors of Siwei’s parent company and two of the leading entrepreneurs in China, and MML and James Thompson III, two other parties with an interest in the settlement, in responding to Caterpillar’s allegations. The parties have now entered into an agreement under which they exchanged releases, certain payments owed by Caterpillar were reduced, and an entity affiliated with MML has been given the right to purchase certain assets from Caterpillar. In addition, Caterpillar publicly stated that it had found no evidence that any of Simpson Thacher’s clients had engaged in any accounting misconduct
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