Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that E. Patrick (“Pat”) Ellisen has joined the firm as a partner in its intellectual property practice, resident in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Pat, who was formerly a partner with Greenberg Traurig, is the second addition to Orrick’s Taiwan-focused IP practice this month. Ya-Chiao Chang, the former co-founding partner of Kirkland & Ellis’ Beijing office, joined Orrick on August 3. (more…)
International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its Privacy & Data Security Practice with the addition of Françoise Gilbert, who joins as a shareholder in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Gilbert is the author of a leading treatise on privacy and security law, “Global Privacy and Security Law” Aspen / Wolters Kluwer Law and Business (2009-present), and serves as co-chair of the Practising Law Institute’s Annual Privacy and Security Law conference. (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank Securities, in connection with a registered public offering of 3,099,173 shares of common stock of Tesla Motors, Inc. (“Tesla”) that resulted in aggregate gross proceeds to the company of approximately $750 million. Tesla intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to accelerate the growth of its business in the U.S. and internationally, for the development and production of its “Gen III” mass market vehicle, the development of the Tesla Gigafactory and other general corporate purposes. (more…)
Davis Polk represents various subsidiaries of Comcast Corp. in four patent infringement lawsuits against Sprint Communications Co. LP pending in federal courts across the country. On August 10, 2015, Judge Andrews of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware denied Sprint’s motions for judgment as a matter of law and a new trial that sought to overturn an October 2014 jury verdict finding that Sprint infringed three Comcast patents and awarding $7.5 million in damages. Judge Andrews also granted Comcast an additional $1.69 million in pre-judgment interest as well as post-judgment interest and an on-going royalty to be determined at a later date (more…)
Cooley advised GeneWEAVE Biosciences on its approximately $425 million sale to Roche (more…)
DLA Piper advised The Coca-Cola Company in an investment and distribution partnership with Suja Juice, an organic, cold-pressured and hand-crafted beverage company (more…)
Simpson Thacher recently represented CBRE Group, Inc. (“CBRE”) in connection with the offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued by CBRE Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CBRE, and are guaranteed by CBRE and the subsidiaries that guarantee its senior credit facility. The Notes are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that CBRE previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The proceeds of the offering are being used for general corporate purposes, including paying a portion of the consideration for the previously announced acquisition of Johnson Controls, Inc.’s Global Workplace Solutions business (more…)
Shearman & Sterling is advising Symphony Technology Group on the sale of CoreOne Technologies Holdings LLC to Markit Group Limited in a transaction valued at approximately $200 million (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented Roth Capital Partners, LLC as Book-Running Manager in connection with the public offering of Class A Units and Class B Units of xG Technology, Inc. (“xG”) (more…)
Haynes and Boone, LLP proudly announces the addition of the partners and associates of Mavrakakis Law Group LLP (MLG), an intellectual property boutique with offices in Palo Alto, Calif. and Chicago, Ill. (more…)
Foley announced today that Mark Danielson has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as a partner in the Silicon Valley office. (more…)
Hopkins & Carley, a law firm serving Silicon Valley businesses and individuals, announces the addition of Lisa Stalteri and Jennifer Johnson as shareholders. Both will reside in the firm’s growing Palo Alto office. (more…)
