Squire Sanders acted as lead legal advisers on the acquisition by a UK/China consortium of the entire issued share capital of Covpress International Holdings. The deal was lead out of the firm’s Birmingham office and involved a team of over 20 Squire Sanders lawyers based across its Birmingham and Shanghai offices.
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs | ShanghaiNationally 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.
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.
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs
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.
Tags: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Victor C. Johnson to its Intellectual Property Group as a member in the firm’s Dallas Office. Prior to joining Dykema, Johnson was a Principal at the Yarbrough Law Group (YLG), where he was head of the Intellectual Property Litigation and Brand Protection Group.
Tags: Dykema Gossett PLLC | Dallas
McGuireWoods LLP today announced that Franklin D. Kang has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation group as a partner in Los Angeles.
Tags: McGuireWoods LLP | Los Angeles
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.
Tags: Baker McKenzie
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.
Tags: King & Spalding LLP
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.
Tags: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Davis Polk advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in connection with its $2 billion senior debt offering in reliance on the Section 3(a)(2) exemption of the Securities Act. The offering consisted of $500 million of 1.45% senior bonds due 2016, $500 million of 2.5% senior bonds due 2018, $700 million of 3.95% senior bonds due 2023 and $300 million of 3.95% senior floating-rate bonds due 2016, each guaranteed by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s New York branch. The joint lead managers for the offering were Goldman, Sachs & Co., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Tokyo