Shearman & Sterling is advising Quadramed, a provider of leading information technology solutions for the healthcare industry, on the sale of Quantim, its health information management (HIM) business, to Nuance Communications, Inc. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed (more…)
Laura L. Chapman has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Chapman joins from Foley & Lardner (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner in connection with a $250 million four-year term loan financing for Computer Sciences Corporation. Concurrently with this transaction, a Shearman & Sterling team also represented the underwriters led by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with the $700 million senior unsecured notes offering by Computer Sciences Corporation (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented China Kanghui Holdings (Kanghui) in entering into a merger agreement with Medtronic, Inc., whereby Kanghui will be acquired by Medtronic. The transaction is valued at approximately US$816 million, and expected to close before the end of 2012 (more…)
Cooley LLP announced that it advised Clearlake Capital Group, LP in its recent acquisition of NetMotion Wireless Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, as well as in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Mformation Technologies, Inc. The terms of both transactions were not disclosed (more…)
DLA Piper represented Galaxy Biotech, LLC, in its licensing to Roche of exclusive worldwide development and commercialization rights of its antibodies targeting fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) for the treatment of cancer (more…)
Pillsbury advised Evolution Robotics in its $74 million acquisition by iRobot Corp. The Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics makes the Mint automatic floor cleaner (more…)
Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Cepideh Roufougar has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as Partner. Prior to her arrival at Jackson Lewis, Ms. Roufougar served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Hayward in Hayward, California (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented China-based BGI-Shenzhen, a leading international genomics company, in entering into a definitive merger agreement with Complete Genomics, Inc. The transaction is valued at approximately US$117.6 million (more…)
Hogan Lovells announced today that Edward Kwok, Jennifer Lantz, Steve Levitan, Christian Mammen, and Clark Stone have joined as partners in the Intellectual Property (IP) practice. Kwok, Lantz, Levitan, and Stone arrive from Haynes and Boone LLP, and will be based in the Silicon Valley office, while Mammen joins from a private practice and will be based in San Francisco (more…)
Cooley LLP announced that it advised Method Products in its sale to Ecover. The sale creates the world’s largest green cleaning company. Method, based in San Francisco, is the leader in premium planet-friendly and design-driven home, fabric and personal care products. Ecover is a European-based, company that manufactures eco-friendly cleaning products (more…)
The international law firm Bryan Cave LLP (www.bryancave.com) announced the addition of Lou Weller as of counsel in the firm’s San Francisco office. Weller will take a lead role within the firm’s real estate capital markets tax practice as well as provide enhanced tax capabilities within California and nationally. Previously he served as National Director of Real Estate Transaction Planning and National Director, Like Kind Exchange Services at Deloitte Tax LLP (more…)
