On March 1, the attorneys from the top-tier trial and litigation defense firm of Brown Eassa & McLeod LLP will join Sedgwick LLP. Brown Eassa is a well-known civil defense firm, with a breadth of experience in product liability, class action, commercial litigation, mass tort, labor and employment, and environmental matters. Seven partners and their team of associates will be based in Sedgwick’s San Francisco office, and one partner and one associate will work out of Sedgwick’s Los Angeles office (more…)
Feb 19, 2013 | Moves News | Los Angeles
Cooley LLP announced today that C. Thomas Hopkins and Ian Smith have joined the firm’s Business department as partners in its Los Angeles office. Both Hopkins and Smith join Cooley from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. Hopkins joined Sheppard as a partner in 2001, and co-chaired the firm’s global corporate practice group. Smith also joined Sheppard in 2001 and became a partner in 2008 (more…)
Feb 19, 2013 | Recent Deals | Silicon Valley
The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and J.P. Morgan, in connection with Micron Technology, Inc.’s offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2033. The notes were offered in two tranches and only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (more…)
Feb 19, 2013 | Recent Deals | Silicon Valley
Simpson Thacher represented LineRate Systems, Inc. in connection with the sale of the company to F5 Networks, Inc. Based near Boulder, Colorado, LineRate Systems, Inc. provides software that offers layer 7+ network services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed (more…)
Feb 19, 2013 | Moves News | Los Angeles
Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that James R. Walther has joined the firm’s Corporate and Securities and Financial Services practices as a senior counsel in its Los Angeles office (more…)
Feb 19, 2013 | Moves News | Sacramento
John A. McKinsey has joined Locke Lord’s Sacramento office as a Partner in the Energy and Corporate practices. He is well-known as a lead counsel for the siting of major power projects in California before the California Energy Commission and other state environmental and land use agencies as well as for advising independent power producers on western energy and power regulatory matters (more…)
Feb 18, 2013 | Recent Deals | Silicon Valley
Davis Polk advised the Republic of Guatemala on its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2028. The sole book-running manager of the offering was HSBC Securities (USA) Inc (more…)
Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Airgas, Inc. of $325 million principal amount of its 1.65% notes due 2018 and $275 million principal amount of its 2.375% notes due 2020 (more…)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that the Firm has expanded its West Coast corporate practice with the hiring of leading attorneys Michael S. Ringler and Rick C. Madden. Mr. Ringler will join the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco office and was previously a mergers and acquisitions partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Mr. Madden will join as a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office and was previously a corporate partner in the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (more…)
Feb 15, 2013 | Recent Deals | Silicon Valley
Shearman & Sterling represented the Province of Ontario (“Ontario”) in connection with Ontario’s public offerings of US$500,000,000 of its Floating Rate Bonds due August 13, 2015 and US$1,000,000,000 of its 1.200% Bonds due February 14, 2018 (together, the “Bonds”). Application will be made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (“LSE”) for the Bonds to be admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of the LSE (more…)
Feb 14, 2013 | Recent Deals | Silicon Valley
Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as initial purchasers in a Rule 144A offering by Accuray Incorporated of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.50% convertible senior notes due 2018 (more…)
Feb 14, 2013 | Moves News | Silicon Valley
DLA Piper announced today that Ute Krudewagen has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment practice as a partner in the Silicon Valley office (more…)
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