Patent Litigator, Electrical Engineer Joins Latham & Watkins IP Trial Team

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jonathan Link has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Litigation Department. Link, an electrical engineer and former patent examiner, brings more than 18 years of intellectual property-related experience in the technology and scientific sectors, including more than a decade specializing in patent litigation.

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Cooley Advises Clearlake Capital in Two Key Technology Acquisitions

Cooley LLP announced that it advised Clearlake Capital Group, LP in its recent acquisition of NetMotion Wireless Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, as well as in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Mformation Technologies, Inc. The terms of both transactions were not disclosed.

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Paul Hastings Represents Arch Capital Management in Raising over $400 Million for Fund II

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented ARCH Capital Management, a boutique Asian real estate investment firm specializing in the management of real estate private equity funds in Asia, as U.S. legal counsel in forming a new real estate private equity fund, ARCH Capital-TRG Asian Master Partners, L.P.

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Chadbourne Adds Experienced Cross-Border Corporate Partner to Its São Paulo and London Offices; Opens Brazil Desk in London

The international law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP today announced that Silvia Fazio, a leading international corporate lawyer, has joined the firm as an international partner in the corporate practice. Ms. Fazio will be resident in Chadbourne’s São Paulo and London offices. She will also establish a Brazil Desk in Chadbourne’s London office to service the firm’s U.K. and European clients who are active in Brazil.

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JB Kelly Joins State Attorneys General Practice; Second State AG Star Addition in as Many Weeks

Dickstein Shapiro’s State Attorneys General Practice continues its strategic advancement with the arrival of JB Kelly as a partner, resident in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Kelly joins the firm from the North Carolina Department of Justice, where he served as General Counsel to Attorney General Roy Cooper, responsible for major investigations, multi-state activities, and critical public policy issues. Mr. Kelly was principal liaison to all State Chief Deputy Attorneys General.

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Mintz Levin Represents New England Sinai Hospital in Acquisition by Steward Health Care System, LLC

Attorneys from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., represented New England Sinai Hospital in its acquisition by Steward Health Care System, LLC. New England Sinai Hospital is a 212-bed, long-term acute-care hospital with its main campus in Stoughton, Massachusetts and inpatient satellite units at Tufts Medical Center in Boston and Carney Hospital in Dorchester. Steward Health Care is the largest fully integrated community hospital-based health care organization in New England.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Sealy Corporation in Connection with Tempur-Pedic International’s Proposed Acquisition of Sealy

Simpson Thacher is representing Sealy Corporation (NYSE: ZZ) in connection with its announced acquisition by Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) to create a $2.7 billion global bedding provider. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.3 billion, including the assumption of debt.

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