Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has represented Five Island Asset Management LLC, a subsidiary of Harbinger Group Inc. (NYSE: HRG), in a control investment of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued by legendary fashion house Frederick’s of Hollywood (OTCQB: FOHL) (more…)
Diamond McCarthy LLP, today announced the opening of its Los Angeles office with respected bankruptcy litigator, Kathy Bazoian Phelps, at its helm.
Morrison & Foerster today announced that David M. Walsh, a prominent consumer class action litigator, has joined the firm as a partner in its Los Angeles office (more…)
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Yi-Chin Ho has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Litigation Department. Ho is a high-stakes general commercial litigator with broad experience advising on antitrust and trade regulation, intellectual property and white collar investigation matters for clients in Asia and the United States (more…)
SNR Denton announced that John J. Harris has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Oil and Gas practice and the firm’s Energy, Transport and Infrastructure sector team (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), in connection with an increase of its revolving line of credit with BMC to $110 million. BMC is one of the nation’s leading providers of building materials and construction services (more…)
Today, Pillsbury announced that Michael McDonough has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. McDonough comes to Pillsbury from Bingham McCutchen, where he was a partner in the firm’s environmental law practice (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP today announced that Susan Alker has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the corporate practice. Ms. Alker practiced for 10 years at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles and after that at Reed Smith. Her practice focuses on representing major banks, financial institutions, private equity and hedge funds in corporate transactions. The move reunites her with several former O’Melveny & Myers attorneys who have joined Winston & Strawn to form a corporate practice in Los Angeles (more…)
Venable LLP announced today that Ronn Davids and Jennifer Cappelletty have joined Venable’s Los Angeles office as members of the firm’s Corporate Group. Mr. Davids and Ms. Cappelletty, previously members at Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, have developed vibrant national practices working with middle-market and emerging growth companies in distressed and non-distressed situations, with a special focus on representing private equity firms. Mr. Davids joins as Partner and Ms. Cappelletty joins as Of Counsel (more…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
