Cooley LLP announced today that it represented IDEV Technologies in its $310 million acquisition by Abbott Laboratories. IDEV is a privately-held company focused on developing next-generation medical devices for use by interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons and cardiologists. Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2013 (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Michael A. Glenn has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. He was most recently a patent attorney at Glenn Patent Group (GPG), a Silicon Valley-based patent prosecution boutique he founded in 1992. Prior to GPG, Glenn held various senior in-house positions at Intel Corporation, National Semiconductor, and Digital Equipment Corporation (more…)
Dentons US LLP announced today that C. Matthew Schulz has joined as a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Schulz advises employers on planning and implementing global transfers. He joins Dentons from Baker & McKenzie, where he was head of the Global Immigration and Mobility Practice in California (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Exar Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance analog mixed-signal products and data management solutions, in its acquisition of Cadeka Microcircuits, a global supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for customers who require cost-effective, leading edge performance. The transaction, which closed on Friday, July 5, 2013, included US$29 million in initial consideration to be paid in a combination of cash and stock, and an earn-out against net revenues contributed by Cadeka (more…)
Matheson has announced that it is further expanding its offices in the United States. Gina Conheady, a senior corporate lawyer in the firm’s pre-eminent international business practice, is relocating to Matheson’s Palo Alto office where she will work alongside the firm’s existing team of Irish tax, finance and investment funds lawyers already based in the United States (more…)
Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with the $54 million initial public offering of 5,400,000 shares of common stock of NanoString Technologies, Inc. at $10.00 per share. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “NSTG.” (more…)
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced the appointment of A. Marisa Chun as a partner in the Firm’s Trial Practice Group, based in Silicon Valley (more…)
Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, announced today that Grant P. Fondo has joined the firm’s Silicon Valley office as a partner in its Securities Litigation & White Collar Defense Group. Fondo comes to Goodwin from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, where he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in its Criminal Division for nearly five years. He will focus on representing technology, life sciences and venture capital clients in a wide range of litigation and investigative matters (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Spooky Cool Labs LLC in its acquisition by Zynga Inc. Spooky Cool Labs is a social gaming company focused on developing cutting edge social and mobile games (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with the registered public offering of $600 million principal amount of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 of Agilent Technologies, Inc (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented MakerBot, a leader in desktop 3D printing, in its acquisition by Stratasys Ltd. MakerBot has agreed to merge with a subsidiary of Stratasys in a stock-for-stock transaction (more…)
Davis Polk advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, issuing lender and swing line lender in connection with the second amendment and restatement of its existing $150 million asset-based revolving credit facility for Tower Automotive Holdings USA, LLC. The facility will be used for general corporate purposes (more…)
