Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the underwriters, in connection with Edwards Group Limited’s $100 million initial public offering of 12,500,000 American depositary shares (ADSs), representing 12,500,000 ordinary shares of Edwards Group Limited (more…)

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Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. in connection with a dual-listed offering by SXC Health Solutions Corp. of 5,980,000 common shares for approximately $518.6 million in net proceeds. The shares are listed on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange and the offering is registered with the SEC (more…)

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters in the initial public offering of Facebook, Inc., which is the largest technology offering ever and the third largest IPO in U.S. history (more…)

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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole book-running manager of a $70 million SEC-registered offering of 17,500,000 shares of common stock of Dynavax Technologies Corporation (more…)

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O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Alliance Health Networks, a leading social networking company serving consumers and the healthcare industry, in its acquisition of Medify, a provider of data-driven treatment information (more…)

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The Firm represented Vista Equity Partners in raising $3.5 billion for Vista Equity Partners Fund IV, L.P. Vista was able to significantly expand its investor base and exceeded the amount it was targeting by $1 billion (more…)

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Alston & Bird today announced that it is continuing the expansion of its corporate practice in California with the addition of Ted Hollifield as a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Hollifield has practiced for 15 years in Silicon Valley, and he was recently recognized as one of the leading attorneys in the emerging growth arena (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling is advising Symphony Technology Group in its acquisition of Source Healthcare Analytics from Wolters Kluwer N.V. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling represented the initial purchasers led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in connection with Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.’s offering of $325 million of its 8.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (more…)

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Richard E. Climan, Keith A. Flaum, Jane Ross, John P. Brockland and James R. Griffin have joined Weil’s Silicon Valley office as partners in the Firm’s more than 600 lawyer Corporate Department (more…)

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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Lars E. Johansson as a corporate partner in the firm’s Palo Alto office. He joins K&L Gates from Foley & Lardner LLP (more…)

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DLA Piper today announced that Paul Chen has joined the Corporate and Securities practice as a partner (more…)

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