Davis Polk is advising Vector Capital on the $2.2 billion leveraged buyout of Quest Software, Inc. Joining with CEO Vincent Smith and Insight Venture Partners, on June 19, 2012, Vector Capital entered into definitive agreements to acquire Quest for $25.75 per share in cash. The transaction is also being financed with approximately $1.2 billion of debt financing commitments from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Barclays Capital (more…)
WilmerHale is pleased to announce the arrival of Glenn Luinenburg, who joins the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the Transactional Department and Corporate Practice. Luinenburg is an experienced corporate lawyer with a diverse practice focused on the representation of technology clients. He has completed transactions for companies at all stages of development, from IPOs and acquisitions involving multibillion-dollar global enterprises to work for entrepreneurial technology start-ups and venture capital firms (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it is advised Quickoffice, in its sale to Google, Inc. Quickoffice is a leader in office productivity solutions, with an established track record of enabling seamless interoperability with popular file formats. Google has stated its intention of quickly bringing Quickoffice’s technology to its Google Apps product suite. The terms of the transaction were undisclosed (more…)
Alston & Bird has continued the western expansion of its nationally recognized and ranked corporate practice with the addition of five new leading attorneys, each of whom brings with them a highly regarded reputation within the California and West Coast business and legal communities (more…)
Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A offering by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. of $150 million aggregate principal amount of 2.25% convertible senior debentures due 2042 (more…)
The Firm represented Riverwood Capital in connection with its investment in Lighting Science Group Corporation. Lighting Science Group announced the completion of its final round of private placements in which it raised approximately $140 million in equity funding and commitments from various investors (more…)
Davis Polk advised Leerink Swann LLC as the sole book-running manager in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 1,780,000 shares of common stock of Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI). The gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $16 million (more…)
Shearman & Sterling is representing VMware, Inc. in its definitive agreement to acquire Wanova, Inc (more…)
DLA Piper today announced that Michael Torosian has joined the Corporate and Finance practice as a partner in the Silicon Valley office (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank as joint bookrunning managers in connection with Amgen’s registered offering of $3 billion of investment grade notes, consisting of $1.25 billion of 2.125% senior notes due 2017, $750 million of 3.625% senior notes due 2022 and $1 billion of 5.375% senior notes due 2043 (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. on its acquisition of American Integration Technologies, LLC for approximately $99 million, consisting of $74 million in cash and 4.5 million shares of Ultra Clean common stock (more…)
Davis Polk advised Westar Energy, Inc. in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.125% first-mortgage bonds due 2042 (more…)
