Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with the initial public offering of 5,175,000 shares of common stock of ChemoCentryx, Inc. The gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $51.8 million (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling represented API Healthcare Corporation, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners, in its acquisition of Concerro, Inc (more…)

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Davis Polk advised AVG Technologies N.V. on its $128 million initial public offering of ordinary shares. The underwriting syndicate includes Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Allen & Company LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and JMP Securities LLC (more…)

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Covington & Burling is adding a highly regarded corporate team to its Beijing and Silicon Valley offices, bolstering Covington’s global transactional capabilities in the technology and life sciences sectors (more…)

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Fenwick & West LLP represented Vibrant Media Holdings, Inc., a leader in premium contextual advertising in its acquisition of Image Space Media (ISM), the in-image advertising technology company (more…)

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Davis Polk advised Corel Corporation on its acquisition of the Roxio business from Rovi Corporation. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed (more…)

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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of attorney William Lambert to its internationally-recognized Intellectual Property Department. Dr. Lambert joins Kilpatrick Townsend’s Silicon Valley office as Counsel on the Health and Life Sciences and Electronics and Software Teams (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling represented Microsemi Corporation in its acquisition of the telecom clock generation, synchronization, packet timing and synthesis business from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc (more…)

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Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Vera M. Elson is joining the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the intellectual property litigation practice. Ms. Elson focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation and counseling clients in the technology arena, including a number of Silicon Valley’s leading technology companies (more…)

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Corporate lawyers Kyle Guse and Amar Murugan, who represent a number of innovative companies in the life sciences and technology sectors, joined Baker Botts L.L.P. today as partners in the firm’s Palo Alto office (more…)

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Fenwick & West LLP, a leading technology and life sciences law firm, is pleased to announce that Scott Joachim has joined the firm as a partner in its Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling represented T-System, Inc., a portfolio company of Francisco Partners, in its acquisition of Practice Management Associates, LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed (more…)

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