DLA Piper today announced that a team of five prominent Silicon Valley lawyers will join the firm as partners. Rich Scudellari, Armando Castro and Matt Oshinsky join the Corporate and Securities Group, while David M. Lisi joins the Litigation practice and Craig P. Opperman will join the Intellectual Property Group, effective January 11 (more…)
Alston & Bird LLP today announced the expansion of its corporate practice in California with the addition of Lior Nuchi as a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office (more…)
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that Eric J. Schwartzman has joined the firm as a partner in its Silicon Valley office. Mr. Schwartzman joins Weil’s Private Equity/Mergers & Acquisitions practice from Latham & Watkins LLP where he was a partner and former co-chair of its corporate department in New York (more…)
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, a world leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, in the sale of its hard disk drive (HDD) operations to Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), the world leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions (more…)
Morrison & Foerster LLP represented long-time client Novellus Systems, Inc. in a $3.3 billion merger agreement that will result in the sale of the company to Lam Research Corp (more…)
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of Uyen Nguyen to the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Nguyen joins the firm as an associate on the nationally-recognized Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Team (more…)
SNR Denton announced today that it represented Nefsis Corporation in the sale of the company to the Brother Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-quality printing devices for home office and commercial environments (more…)
Arnold & Porter LLP and Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC today announced the combination of their two firms, which is expected to be completed by January 1, 2012. The combination substantially expands Arnold & Porter’s West Coast presence and provides Howard Rice’s clients with national and international capabilities and a broader range of services (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Celsion Corporation, a leading oncology company dedicated to the development and commercialization of innovative cancer drugs, in the closing of a US$15 million private placement that includes commitments by leading life science institutional investors (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several managers in connection with Amgen’s offering of €550,000,000 4.375% Senior Notes due 2018 and £475,000,000 5.50% Senior Notes due 2026. The offering was conducted in accordance with Regulation S (more…)
A team of lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Silicon Valley and New York offices represented Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), on its definitive agreement to acquire Magma Design Automation Inc., a publicly traded provider of chip design software headquartered in San Jose, California, for more than $500 million (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Affymetrix, Inc. on its approximately $330 million acquisition of eBioscience Holding Company, Inc. The transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2011, is subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions, including receipt by Affymetrix of the proceeds of the debt financing for the transaction (more…)
