Dechert LLP announced today that it advised Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. in an initial public offering of 5,166,667 shares of its common stock. The offering was announced today at $15.00 per share, before underwriting discounts. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by Onconova. In addition, Onconova has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 775,000 shares of common stock at the same price to cover over-allotments, if any. The shares are now trading on The NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol “ONTX.” The offering is expected to close on July 30, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.

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Nationally recognized commercial litigator Richik Sarkar has joined McDonald Hopkins LLC as a member in the firm’s Litigation Department. He will be based in the firm’s Cleveland office.

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An M&A team from Patton Boggs LLP headed by Geoff Davis, a partner in the firm’s Washington DC office and Mark Goldschmidt, a partner in the firm’s Denver office recently represented Intezyne Technologies, a leader in the use of nanotechnology in the development of cancer treatment, in its strategic acquisition of target Niiki Pharma, significantly expanding Intezyne’s portfolio of cancer drugs and market valuation.

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Skadden represented Realogy Holdings Corp. in its $1.2 billion secondary offering of the remaining 25 million shares of its common stock owned by certain funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management LLC, which closed on July 22.

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Baker & McKenzie has advised New Zealand’s Z Energy Limited on non-New Zealand aspects of its proposed NZ$900 million initial public offering, including its proposed international offerings.

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King & Spalding advised HanesBrands in its definitive agreement to acquire Maidenform Brands, Inc., for approximately $575 million dollars in cash, on an enterprise-value basis.

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Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that environmental and natural resources lawyer Sean M. Sullivan has joined the firm as a partner in the Raleigh, North Carolina office.

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