Goodwin Procter attorneys recently advised GreenOak Real Estate Advisors in connection with a joint venture with Synergy Investments to acquire 10 Post Office Square, a historic 13-story office building in Boston’s financial district, for $143 million. The building has 445,000 square feet of office space. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More >>
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | BostonGoodwin Procter Represents Paramount Group in $2.3 Billion IPO; Largest Ever REIT IPO
Goodwin Procter recently advised Paramount Group Inc. in connection with its initial public offering of 131 million shares of common stock. Shares priced at $17.50 per share, making the offering the largest IPO in the REIT industry since it was first established 50 years ago. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and shares began trading on November 19, 2014 under the ticker “PGRE.” More >>
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | BostonGoodwin Procter Advises Royalty Pharma on $3.3 Billion Royalty Transaction with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Goodwin Procter attorneys recently advised Royalty Pharma in a $3.3 billion acquisition of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s royalties on Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ cystic fibrosis treatments, the largest pharmaceutical royalty purchase ever completed. Funds will be used to expand cystic fibrosis research, care and service programs. More >>
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | Boston | San FranciscoGoodwin Advises Hampden Bancorp in Merger with Berkshire Hills Bancorp
Goodwin Procter recently advised Hampden Bancorp, Inc. in connection with the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. will acquire Hampden. The transaction, valued at approximately $109 million, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015. Under the terms of the merger agreement, shares of Hampden common stock will be exchanged for .81 shares of Berkshire Hills common stock. Berkshire Hill’s total assets will increase to $7.1 billion, including $706 million of assets acquired from Hampden Bank. More >>
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | BostonMcDermott Advises Constellation Brands in $800 Million Notes Offering
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Constellation Brands, Inc., a leading beverage alcohol company, in its concurrent issuances on November 3, 2014 of $400 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2019 and $400 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2024 in a public offering under a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More >>
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | BostonGoodwin Procter Represents F-star Alpha in up to $475 Million Exclusive Purchase Option with Bristol-Myers Squibb
Goodwin attorneys recently advised F-star Alpha Ltd in connection with its exclusive option agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb. Bristol-Myers Squibb has purchased an exclusive option to acquire F-Star Alpha and thereby gain worldwide rights to FS102, a Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2 (HER-2)-targeted therapy. Under the terms of the agreement, Bristol-Myers Squibb will make payments aggregating to $50 million that consist of an option fee for the right to acquire F-star Alpha, payment for certain rights and licenses from F-star Alpha and a clinical milestone payment upon initiation of the Phase 1 trial. Total aggregate consideration may reach $475 million. Additional details regarding the transaction are available in BMS’s press release. More >>
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | BostonRopes & Gray Represents CRC Health Group in $1.175 Billion Sale to Acadia Healthcare
Ropes & Gray represented CRC Health Group Inc. in its planned $1.175 billion acquisition by Acadia Healthcare announced Oct. 29. CRC is a California-based substance abuse treatment provider operating 120 facilities dedicated to the service of approximately 40,000 patients each day. The deal is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2015. More >>
Tags: Ropes & Gray LLP | BostonGoodwin Procter Advises Canaan Partners on $675 Million VC Fund Raise
Goodwin attorneys recently advised Canaan Partners on its tenth fund, Canaan X, which raised $675 million of capital. The fund is reportedly the eighth largest venture capital fund raised in the United States in 2014, according to the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters, and will focus on early stage and seed stage investments. More >>
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | BostonGoodwin Represents AeroCare in Merger with MergeWorthRx
Goodwin Procter recently advised AeroCare Holdings Inc. in its announced all-stock merger with MergeWorthRx Corp. According to the terms of the agreement, AeroCare will become a public company upon completion of the transaction and its existing stockholders will own 53% of the post-merger company. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014. Additional information can be found in the MergeWorthRx press release. More >>
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | Boston | New YorkGoodwin Procter Advises HubSpot on Initial Public Offering
Goodwin attorneys recently advised marketing and sales software company, HubSpot, on its initial public offering of 5,000,000 common shares. Shares priced at $25 per share and trading began on October 9 on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker “HUBS.” More >>
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