O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Refresh, the dynamic technology company behind the first mobile application to deliver an instant dossier about people you meet, in a US$10 million equity financing. The company just released an upgraded version of their App in the Apple App Store (more…)
Marking the beginning of its expansion into Northern California—the center of the nation’s high-technology industry and home to seven of the top 10 patent-producing cities—AmLaw100 firm Pepper Hamilton LLP today opened the doors of its new Silicon Valley office. The office will complement Pepper’s two existing California offices and give its top-notch Intellectual Property Department deeper roots on the West Coast (more…)
WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Jason Kipnis has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Department. Kipnis is an experienced intellectual property lawyer with a diverse practice whose arrival advances the firm’s growth in the Silicon Valley market and the depth of experience the practice offers (more…)
Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on the SEC-registered offering by Altera Corporation of $600 million of its 2.5% senior notes due 2018 and $400 million of its 4.1% senior notes due 2023 (more…)
Ropes & Gray LLP announced today that Andrew N. Thomases has joined the firm as a partner in the intellectual property (IP) litigation group, adding another premier litigator to one of the strongest patent litigation teams in the country. He will be based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Thomases’ 20 years of experience as a successful trial attorney will benefit Ropes & Gray’s clients facing patent and trade secret disputes, particularly those in the technology sector (more…)
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP has announced that Michael N. Zachary has rejoined the firm as a litigation partner in the Palo Alto office. The addition of Mr. Zachary will further strengthen the already highly-ranked patent litigation practice at Kenyon, underscoring the firm’s commitment to providing a full complement of intellectual property legal services to its clients out of its Palo Alto office. Mr. Zachary will continue his practice advising clients on patent infringement, trade secret, trademark and other intellectual property litigation matters (more…)
Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that Denise McKenzie has joined the firm as counsel in its growing intellectual property practice. Ms. McKenzie will focus her practice on IP and patent infringement litigation, dividing her time between the firm’s Los Angeles and Silicon Valley offices. The firm has continued to make strategic additions to its west coast patent litigation practice, adding lawyers who combine both trial skills and key technological backgrounds. Firmwide, Arnold & Porter’s Intellectual Property team includes more than 100 attorneys (more…)
Shearman & Sterling acted as US counsel to Olympus Corporation in its $1.2 billion international offering of shares of common stock pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it represented NextBio, a Santa Clara-based leader in clinical and genomic informatics, in its acquisition by Illumina. Illumina is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function (more…)
Davis Polk is advising PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in connection with PwC’s acquisition of Booz & Company. The transaction is subject to approval by Booz & Company partners, receipt of required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Ingram Micro Inc. on its acquisition of Shipwire, Inc. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Shipwire’s stockholders and antitrust clearance (more…)
The Firm represented ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. (“ClubCorp”), a portfolio company of KSL Capital Partners, LLC, and a selling stockholder affiliated with KSL Capital Partners, LLC (the “Selling Stockholder”), in connection with an initial public offering of common stock. ClubCorp issued and sold 13,200,000 shares of common stock in the offering and the Selling Stockholder sold 7,499,781 shares of common stock in the offering, including shares that were sold by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ option. The shares of ClubCorp are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “MYCC.” (more…)
