Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with the secondary offering of 17,250,000 shares of common stock of Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. sold by a selling stockholder, an affiliate of the Carlyle Group, for an aggregate price to the public of $276 million. Wesco Aircraft’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WAIR.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New YorkDavis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with the $140.4 million initial public offering of 9,686,171 shares of common stock of Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (including 1,263,413 shares subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option) at $14.50 per share. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “PTLA.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | Silicon ValleyDavis Polk advised Merrill Lynch International, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited as initial purchasers in connection with the CNY1 billion Regulation S offering by Fantasia Holdings Group Co., Limited of its 7.875% notes due 2016.
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Ronald Kreismann as a shareholder in its New York City office. Kreismann, an attorney with more than 40 years of experience in the full range of labor and employment law matters, joins Ogletree Deakins from Blank Rome LLP, where he was a partner. Kreismann is the 14th shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins in 2013 and the second shareholder to join the New York City office. The firm welcomed Frank Birchfield in March.
Tags: Ogletree Deakins | New YorkHonigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP is pleased to announce that Lowell D. Salesin has joined the firm as a partner in its Real Estate Department. Having practiced law for nearly 20 years, Salesin is highly regarded nationally in the commercial real estate industry.
Attorney James E. Clegg has joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as a member of its Tax Practice Group in the firm’s Corporate Department. He will be located in Honigman’s Detroit office.
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Polsinelli has expanded its real estate development capabilities adding highly experienced real estate development attorney Roxsen E. Koch as shareholder and real estate development and transactions attorney Robert C. Johnson as associate.
Tags: Polsinelli PCHill Wallack LLP, a leading regional law firm in Princeton, New Jersey and Yardley, Pennsylvania has opened a new office in Morristown, New Jersey and has added two new partners in that office, Kenneth R. Sauter and Caroline Record.
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP represented Sacramento Basketball Holdings LLC, a buyer group led by TIBCO Software CEO and Chairman Vivek Ranadive, in completing its acquisition of the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family.
Tags: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | Los AngelesSpecialist litigation firm Stewarts Law today announces the appointment of Mo Bhaskaran as a Partner and Head of the Commercial Litigation Department at its Leeds office.
