O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Thornridge Holdings Limited, a significant stockholder of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (ALC), in connection with ALC’s US$280 million proposed sale to TPG, a global private investment firm (more…)

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National law firm Wilson Elser is pleased to announce that experienced trial attorney Peter M. Hughes has joined the firm’s San Diego office as of counsel (more…)

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David A. Randall has joined the Los Angeles office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, joining from Dickstein Shapiro (more…)

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Robert J. Guite has joined the San Francisco office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Business Trial practice group. Guite joins from Squire Sanders, where he was hiring partner for that firm’s Northern California offices (more…)

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Buchalter Nemer Buchalter Nemer continues to expand its growing Orange County office. Michael V. Lee joined Buchalter Nemer’s Corporate and Intellectual Property Practice Groups as a Shareholder. Mr. Lee represents a diverse group of publicly and privately held businesses, among them e-commerce, software, high-tech and traditional companies, for whom he provides counsel in corporate transactional matters. His expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, private equity financings, venture capital financings, debt financings, securities offerings, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, real estate equity fund formations, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. Mr. Lee also has extensive experience in intellectual property licensing and transactions involving patents, trademarks, software, know-how, trade secrets and data rights (more…)

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Renee Gabbard has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP as a partner in the firm’s Irvine office. She will practice with the firm’s Private Client Service Group (more…)

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King & Spalding has recruited veteran intellectual property lawyer Kenneth Steinthal as a partner in its San Francisco office. Steinthal joins King & Spalding from Greenberg Traurig, where he served as head of its San Francisco office, and prior to that, as co-head of Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ IP/media practice. Also joining King & Spalding’s San Francisco IP practice, as counsel, is Joseph R. Wetzel, who practiced with Steinthal at Steinthal’s previous two firms (more…)

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Greenberg Glusker today announced the addition of three new attorneys to the Firm. Real estate attorney Lydia W. Wu joins the Real Estate Group as Of Counsel and brings a wealth of experience in representing individual and institutional investors in real estate financings, acquisitions/dispositions, development and leases. Associate Courtney E. Pozmantier, whose practice focuses on bankruptcy, restructuring and commercial law, joins the Bankruptcy/Insolvency Group. Associate Harrison J. Reynolds joins the Entertainment Group where his practice emphasis includes entertainment transactions in film and television (more…)

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Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that David W. Deal has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as senior counsel. Mr. Deal, formerly the General Counsel of Fairfield-based GeoVera Insurance Group, will be a key member of the firm’s Insurance Industry Team (more…)

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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Thomas F. Hanley, III has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Real Estate Department. Previously, Hanley was a partner at Dykema Gossett, where he led the firm’s Los Angeles Real Estate Practice Group (more…)

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Loeb & Loeb LLP, along with Canadian co-counsel, represented The Weir Group PLC, a global engineering solutions provider in the minerals, oil and gas and power sectors, in its acquisition (through a subsidiary) of the R Wales group of companies, a Canada- and Arizona-based manufacturer of rubber linings for the mining, minerals processing and oil sands industries (more…)

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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that three lawyers have joined the Firm as partners in its Silicon Valley Office. Wendy Davis is now a member of Jones Day’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice, and Janet M. McNicholas, Ph.D. and Gregory P. Silberman have joined as members of Jones Day’s Intellectual Property Practice (more…)

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