Goodwin Procter represented a group of underwriters in a $117.3 million initial public offering of common stock for Trulia Inc., which closed on Sept. 25 (more…)
Global law firm White & Case LLP has further expanded its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital markets capabilities with the addition of Eric Hwang, formerly of Oracle Corp., and Christopher Rose, formerly of CODA Automotive, as partners in its Silicon Valley office (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as the sole underwriter in connection with a registered secondary offering of 4 million shares of the common stock of RealPage, Inc (more…)
Emma Maconick, an expert in complex intellectual property licensing and technology transactions, has joined King & Spalding’s Silicon Valley office as a partner in the firm’s corporate group (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…)
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with the registered public offering of $400 million principal amount of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2022 of Agilent Technologies, Inc (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…)
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced the appointment of Mashhood Rassam as partner in its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group, based in the Firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Rassam will add to a growing list of talented, senior litigators in McDermott’s Silicon Valley office at a time when competitor-on-competitor litigation in the tech industry reaches an all-time high (more…)
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of Counsel Arriènne Lezak (Angel) to its internationally-recognized Intellectual Property Department on the Electronics and Software Team. She is joining Kilpatrick Townsend’s Silicon Valley office (more…)
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. and Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation have announced a definitive agreement under which Valeant will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Medicis for $44.00 per share in cash (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Equinix, Inc. on its sale of 16 data centers located throughout the United States to an investment group consisting of 365 Main, Crosslink Capital and Housatonic Partners for approximately $75 million. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012, subject to customary closing conditions (more…)
Davis Polk is advising FormFactor, Inc. on its $116.8 million acquisition of Astria Semiconductor Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Micro-Probe Incorporated. Under the terms of the merger agreement, FormFactor will acquire Astria for approximately $100 million in cash and $16.8 million in stock (more…)
