Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with the $54 million initial public offering of 5,400,000 shares of common stock of NanoString Technologies, Inc. at $10.00 per share. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “NSTG.”
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Goodwin Procter recently advised client Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: FCEA and FCEB) on its joint venture with QIC, one of Australia’s largest institutional investment managers. According to terms of the transaction, Forest City will contribute its ownership interest in eight regional retail shopping malls, valued at $2.05 billion, to the joint venture while QIC will acquire 49% of those interests for cash.
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Covington & Burling is serving as communications counsel to Tribune Company in its agreement to acquire Local TV Holdings, LLC, for $2.725 billion in cash. The acquisition includes all of Local TV’s 19 television stations in 16 key markets.
Tags: Covington & Burling LLPCovington & Burling LLP is pleased to announce that Ben Holland and Jeremy Wilson are joining the firm’s London office as partners. Both will practice in Covington’s international arbitration and commercial litigation practice groups, focusing on energy-related disputes. They are joining a well-established team that has been at the forefront of advising energy clients on major commercial and treaty arbitrations and includes, among others, Gaëtan Verhoosel, Stephen Bond and Carmen Martinez in London.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced the appointment of Brian M. Gaff as a partner in the Firm’s Boston office.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised BTG Pactual on the completion of its US$1.525 billion agreement with Petrobras International Braspetro B.V. (“PIBBV”) to establish a joint venture for the exploration and production of oil and gas in Africa. The transaction was completed on 28 June 2013.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLPHerbert Smith Freehills today announced that it has recruited Hans Thomas Kessler as its third partner to its recently opened Frankfurt office.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that competition lawyers Dr. Jens-Olrik Murach and Lena Sandberg are joining the firm’s Brussels office. Murach, who joins the firm as a partner, previously practiced at Flick Gocke Schaumburg (FGS) in Bonn, Germany, where he headed the EU and competition practice. A former Senior Officer with the EFTA Surveillance Authority in Brussels, Sandberg joins the firm as of counsel.
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Commercial trial lawyer Patrick M. Ryan has joined Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) as a partner and will head the Firm’s Antitrust Practice Group. Previously with Morgan Lewis, Ryan has significant expertise in complex commercial litigation including antitrust, class action, intellectual property, anti-counterfeiting/supply chain, and constitutional matters.
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International law firm Clifford Chance advised Bridgepoint on the sale of Permaswage, the market leader in the manufacture of permanent and separable couplings for major aerospace companies globally, to Precision Castparts Corp. of the US.
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