Last week, a team of corporate and securities attorneys at McGuireWoods, led by partner Stephen Older and associate Rakesh Gopalan, provided legal counsel on two capital markets transactions for companies affiliated with American Realty Capital, which raised nearly $1 billion.
Tags: McGuireWoods LLPFoster Pepper PLLC is pleased to welcome Robert Mahler as a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice where he will focus on white collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, regulatory defense, and complex civil litigation. Bob has more than 30 years of experience representing both corporations and individuals in a wide range of matters, including civil fraud claims, criminal investigations, antitrust investigations, bank and healthcare fraud, and allegations of criminal environmental contamination.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Robert Roginson as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office. Roginson’s experience deepens the firm’s Litigation, Class Action, Wage and Hour, and Traditional Labor Relations practice groups. His arrival at Ogletree Deakins also demonstrates the firm’s commitment to growth in California. Since the start of 2013, the firm has added five shareholders throughout the state and opened an office in San Diego. Firm-wide, Roginson’s arrival makes him the 17th shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins in 2013.
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On June 10th, AstraZeneca announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Willkie client Pearl Therapeutics, a privately held company based in Redwood City, California, focused on the development of inhaled small-molecule therapeutics for respiratory disease, for $1.15 billion. AstraZeneca is a leading global biopharmaceuticals company and the U.K.’s second-largest drug company. Pearl has advanced a potential new treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), currently in late-stage development, and inhaler and formulation technology that will provide a platform for future combination products. Willkie represented Pearl and its shareholders, led by Vatera Healthcare Partners, in the transaction.
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King & Wood Mallesons has acted on ASX Limited’s approximately $553 million pro-rata accelerated renounceable entitlement offer (with retail entitlements trading) (PAITREO).
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McCarthy Tétrault is pleased to announce that as part of its strategic growth nationally, energy regulatory lawyer Gordon Nettleton has joined the firm’s energy group as a partner. Mr. Nettleton’s presence in Calgary and his focus on energy regulatory matters reinforce the firm’s well-known national bench strength in energy, power and infrastructure projects.
Tags: McCarthy Tétrault LLPGreenberg Glusker today announced that litigation attorney Glen A. Rothstein has joined the firm as a Partner, practicing in the areas of Entertainment Law, Entertainment Litigation and General Commercial Litigation.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised the Silvertown Partnership, a consortium between developer Chelsfield Properties and regeneration company First Base, on an agreement to undertake a £1.5 billion regeneration of Silvertown Quays in the docklands.
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Cahill represented J.P. Morgan, RBC Capital Markets, and KeyBanc Capital Markets as joint book-running managers and Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch, Scotiabank, and Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. as co-managers in connection with the public offering of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7% Senior Notes due 2021 by Approach Resources Inc., an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and gas properties.
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Diane A. Thompson, who has more than 20 years of experience advising clients on employee benefits and executive compensation issues, has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in Los Angeles, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today.
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