Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Viki, Inc. on its acquisition by Rakuten, Inc. Viki, which is a play on the words “video” and “wiki,” is a global TV site powered by a community of avid fans. Launched in December 2010, Viki now has over 22 million viewers every month who watch and share TV shows, movies, music videos and other premium content from around the world, translated into more than 160 languages (more…)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Nagendra (“Nick”) Setty has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property Group. Mr. Setty will split his time between the firm’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented Hellman & Friedman in its acquisition of a minority interest in CarProof, a leading provider of used vehicle history reports in Canada. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed (more…)
Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A offering by Spansion LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spansion Inc. of $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 2% exchangeable senior notes due 2020 (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP today announced the opening of its Silicon Valley office. Scheduled to officially open its doors September 9, 2013, Winston & Strawn Silicon Valley is the seventeenth global office, and ninth U.S. office for the firm. The Silicon Valley office is a key step in expanding Winston & Strawn’s intellectual property litigation practice and presence on the West Coast (more…)
VLP Law Group LLP announced today that Dianne Reed has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Group (more…)
Procopio, San Diego’s largest law firm, announced the addition of two new partners and one associate to their Silicon Valley office. The Southern California-headquarted firm continues its significant push in Silicon Valley, adding Jon Gonzales and Bob Sloss as partners in their Menlo Park office. Associate Aiko Yamakawa also joined the office, relocating from San Diego (more…)
The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Robert W. Baird & Co., William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and Piper Jaffray & Co., in connection with the underwriting of the initial public offering of common stock by Fox Factory Holding Corp. (“Fox”). The offering of 9,857,143 shares, which includes the shares that were sold pursuant to the option exercised by the underwriters, raised approximately $148 million in aggregate gross proceeds for Fox and the selling stockholders. The shares are now listed on the Nasdaq Global Select under the ticker symbol “FOXF.” (more…)
Peter H. Carson, Lorna L. Tanner and Stephanie L. Zeppa have joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partners. Carson joins the firm’s San Francisco office, as a member of the Finance and Bankruptcy practice group. Tanner and Zeppa join the firm’s Palo Alto office, as members of the Intellectual Property practice group and Corporate practice group, respectively. Carson joins from Bingham McCutchen, where he was a member of the Transactional Finance practice and co-chaired the Healthcare Industry Group. Tanner joins from Foley & Lardner and Zeppa joins from Dentons (more…)
Bruce McNamara has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP Silicon Valley as a partner in the firm’s Capital Markets and Securities Practice Group (more…)
Davis Polk advised San Antonio Internacional, Ltd., a portfolio company of GP Investments, Ltd., in connection with the $122.5 million sale of its subsidiary, San Antonio Internacional Colombia Inc., to Estrella International Energy Services Ltd., an affiliate of Southern Cross Group. The transaction closed on August 1, 2013 (more…)
Simpson Thacher is representing Hellman & Friedman in the acquisition of Hub International Limited in a transaction that values Hub International at approximately $4.4 billion (more…)
