Cooley LLP announced today that it advised the underwriters on Epizyme, Inc.’s recent IPO. Epizyme, now trading on the NASDAQ Global Stock Market under the symbol “EPZM,” is a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and plans to commercialize innovative personalized therapeutics for patients with genetically defined cancers.
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A tax and corporate team, led by tax partner Kathleen Russ and corporate partner Edmund Reed, have advised Partnership Assurance Group Plc (“PAG”) and its management team on matters relating to management shareholders and option holders in connection with the company’s listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 12 June 2013 and an IPO involving the sale of shares by the management team and funds managed by Cinven.
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On June 13, Willkie client Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. announced the pricing of $250 million of 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018. Additionally, the company has granted the underwriters the option to purchase up to an additional $37.5 million of notes on the same terms and conditions to cover over-allotments. J.P. Morgan, Barclays and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering, which is expected to close on June 18.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | New YorkMiller & Martin PLLC is pleased to announce that Edward M. Newsom has joined the firm as a Member in the Atlanta office where he will continue his practice in product liability and toxic torts.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added JoAnna Brooks as a shareholder in the San Francisco office. Brooks, previously a partner and head of the Class Action Practice in Jackson Lewis LLP’s San Francisco office, brings extensive class action litigation experience to the firm. Her arrival reflects Littler’s continued attraction of high-profile lateral shareholders. In the past year, the firm has added a number of prominent attorneys to its shareholder ranks, across multiple practice areas and geographic regions to further expand the firm’s national and global platform.
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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP represented Novalis S.A.S., an intermediate holding company of the Elis group, in its offering of €450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2018. Kirkland also represented Holdelis S.A.S., the direct parent company of Novalis, in its private placement of €380.0 million in aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated notes due 2018 and Legendre Holding 27, the direct parent company of Holdelis, in its private placement of €173.0 million in aggregate principal amount of PIK notes due 2018. The transaction closed on June 14, 2013. The net proceeds of the offering will be used to refinance certain indebtedness.
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Hogan Lovells has hired leading tax disputes partner Rupert Shiers into its London tax team. Rupert will join the firm next week on Monday 24 June.
Tags: Hogan LovellsHall Estill is pleased to announce that William N. Pedranti has joined the firm as a shareholder in the Tulsa office.
Bird & Bird today confirmed that leading global franchising specialist Mark Abell will join the firm as a partner in the newly created position of Head of Franchising, Licensing and Multi-Channel Strategies.
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