The international law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) and the California-based law firm of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP (Luce Forward) have set a target merger date of March 1, 2012, following a recent vote by the firms’ partners (more…)
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Cameron G. Stout has joined the firm’s West Coast Litigation Group as a partner (more…)
Marc Fernandez has joined the San Francisco office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT) as an associate in the firm’s employment and labor group (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented T-System, Inc., a portfolio company of Francisco Partners, in its acquisition of Practice Management Associates, LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed (more…)
Global legal practice Squire Sanders is expanding its corporate law presence in Northern California with the addition of lawyers Matteo Daste and Thomas E. Gaynor (more…)
Fenwick & West represented Skagen Designs Ltd. and its affiliated companies in its acquisition by Fossil, Inc. (Nasdaq: FOSL) for $225 million in cash and 150,000 shares of Fossil, Inc. common stock (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Thomas Brown will join the Antitrust and Global Competition and the Global Banking and Payments Systems practices in San Francisco as partner in 2012. Mr. Brown, an antitrust lawyer with nationally recognized payment systems expertise, will join from O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he is a partner (more…)
Morrison & Foerster LLP represented long-time client Novellus Systems, Inc. in a $3.3 billion merger agreement that will result in the sale of the company to Lam Research Corp (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Vernon M. Winters will join its San Francisco office as a partner in the intellectual property litigation practice, effective January 1, 2012 (more…)
Arnold & Porter LLP and Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC today announced the combination of their two firms, which is expected to be completed by January 1, 2012. The combination substantially expands Arnold & Porter’s West Coast presence and provides Howard Rice’s clients with national and international capabilities and a broader range of services (more…)
Fenwick & West represented SuccessFactors, Inc. (NYSE: SFSF) in its acquisition by SAP America, Inc. (NYSE: SAP). The transaction is valued at approximately $3.4 billion (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several managers in connection with Amgen’s offering of €550,000,000 4.375% Senior Notes due 2018 and £475,000,000 5.50% Senior Notes due 2026. The offering was conducted in accordance with Regulation S (more…)
