Nationally recognized trademark attorney Mark N. Mutterperl has joined the New York office of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP as a partner. He will serve as a leader in the firm’s national brand protection practice and strengthen the firm’s IP litigation practice.
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Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Securities, Mizuho Securities and Rabo Securities USA Inc., in connection with the US$3 billion 144A/Reg. S debt offering of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of gum and a leader in the non‑chocolate confections category. The proceeds from the offering were used to repay borrowings from Mars, Incorporated, fees and expenses related to other refinancing transactions and general corporate purposes. The transaction closed on October 21, 2013.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that it has named Effie D. Silva as a partner in its Trial Practice Group, based in Miami.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that David G. Mallen, the deputy director of the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) and an experienced attorney in the areas of advertising and consumer protection law, has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Mallen brings with him nearly 15 years of experience from NAD, the advertising industry’s self–regulatory body, which investigates and adjudicates issues relating to truth and accuracy in advertising.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Grupo Lala, Mexico’s largest dairy company and one of the leading dairy companies in Latin America, in completing its $1.1 billion initial public offering of common stock. The offering is the largest IPO of the year from Latin America.
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Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its San Francisco office and nationally recognized Intellectual Property and Complex Litigation practices with the addition of patent litigation partner Imran Khaliq. As a key advisor to leading telecom, tech, and medical device companies, Mr. Khaliq represents top brands in patent disputes involving mobile devices, software, biotechnology and medical devices, GPS technologies, semiconductors, and Internet based technologies.
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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green is expanding its efforts to help clients navigate increasingly complex Medicare, Medicaid, and related public health programs affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with the addition of three former executives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), all of whom most recently worked at Dentons law firm in Washington, D.C.
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Morgan Lewis today announced that Kenneth Komoroski—a lawyer with more than 25 years of experience in environmental compliance, enforcement and litigation, and in the energy industry—has joined the firm, resident in Pittsburgh and Southpointe. He will be joined by a team of associates.
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SRZ advised global investment firm Marlin Equity Partners in its $891 million all-cash acquisition of Illinois-based Tellabs, an industry-leading supplier of networking solutions. The deal, which was announced October 21 and is expected to close later in the fourth quarter of 2013, requires Marlin to commence a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Tellabs’ outstanding common stock by Nov. 1, 2013. Promptly after the closing of the tender offer, Marlin will acquire any shares not tendered in the tender offer (other than shares for which appraisal is properly sought under applicable law) through a second-step merger at the same cash price as paid in the tender offer. The deal is among the first tender offers to use the new Delaware 251(h) statute which facilitates “two step” mergers by permitting parties entering into tender or exchange offers to “opt in” and thereby eliminate the need for stockholder approval on the second step of the merger.
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Mayer Brown JSM today announced that Gabriela Kennedy has joined the firm and will lead the IP & TMT group in Asia. She will be based in Hong Kong.
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