Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Klyman is joining the firm as a partner. Klyman joins the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. He will be based in the Los Angeles office and will spend substantial time in the New York office. He was formerly a partner with Latham & Watkins. (more…)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented BofA Merrill Lynch, as financial advisor to The Sterling Family Trust, in the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball franchise to Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft Corp. (more…)
Covington & Burling advised Steve Ballmer on his agreement to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers from The Sterling Family Trust for $2 billion. (more…)
Greenberg Glusker client Shelly Sterling today announced that she has signed a binding contract for the sale of the Clippers by The Sterling Family Trust to Steve Ballmer at a price of $2 billion. Shelly Sterling was acting under her authority as the sole trustee of The Sterling Family Trust which owns the Clippers. (more…)
Polsinelli adds three shareholders from Top 100 & 200 Am Law firms to the Los Angeles office to practice nationally. The firm welcomes highly experienced attorneys Noel S. Cohen, who focuses on commercial litigation; Richard C. Giller, who adds new insurance recovery capabilities; and Travis F. Jackson, who joins and complements the nation’s fourth largest Health Care Practice. All three are excited to join Polsinelli and enthusiastic about growing the Los Angeles office. (more…)
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to welcome Jonathan Bloch as a corporate partner in its Los Angeles office. Formerly of Manatt, Bloch’s law practice focuses on the needs of large institutional investors, including venture capital and private equity. He counsels clients in fund formation, operations, and legal and regulatory compliance. He has participated in raising capital for real estate, hospitality, technology and telecommunication companies, manufacturing facilities and Internet distribution centers. (more…)
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, DC, represented reality television producer Leftfield Entertainment (“Leftfield”) in a transaction to sell an 80 percent stake of the company to ITV plc for $360 million. (more…)
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Peitzman Weg LLP, a nationally known and leading corporate restructuring and bankruptcy boutique, will join the firm with four partners who will reside in the Los Angeles office of the firm.
Peitzman Weg LLP, a boutique firm with a stellar reputation founded in 1999 by veteran attorneys from elite, global firms, has been recognized in Chambers USA and U.S. News & World Report as among the top-ranked national firms for business restructuring and bankruptcy. Partners Howard Weg, Scott F. Gautier, James P. Menton, Jr., and David B. Shemano have a collective experience that spans decades of practice in high-profile corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation matters in California and nationwide. Several associates are also expected to join. (more…)
Freeman Freeman & Smiley today announced the addition of three attorneys to their Los Angeles office, bankruptcy attorneys Theodore Stolman and Carol Chow and real estate attorney Mark Jackson, as well as the addition of international law attorney Eduardo A. G. Bolt to their Irvine office. (more…)
Holland & Knight’s Los Angeles office welcomes prominent white collar defense lawyer Joel Athey as a partner in the firm’s growing West Coast Litigation Practice Group. Joining the firm with him is Nicholas Melzer, who will be a senior counsel in the West Coast Litigation Practice Group. (more…)
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Complex Litigation practice with the addition of five litigators, led by partners Gary Wolensky and Hugh Hewitt and including counsel Anne Marie Ellis and associates Jamison Power and Cyrus Wilkes. Mr. Wolensky and Mr. Hewitt were previously name partners at the product liability and commercial litigation firm Hewitt Wolensky & McNulty, where they represented Fortune 100 companies in the consumer products, automotive, entertainment, pharmaceutical, medical device, insurance, real estate development, and health care industries. (more…)
Angela S. Haskins, previously a partner with Baker Keener & Nahra LLP, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Professional Liability; Elder Care; Product Liability and General Liability Practice Groups. Ms. Haskins brings to the firm her passion for defending healthcare professionals against claims of professional negligence and elder abuse. Her extensive alternative dispute resolution background enables her to identify issues necessary to bring about swift resolution of claims. She is intent on expanding her expertise and growing her practice. (more…)
