Davis Polk advised E*TRADE Financial Corporation in connection with an SEC-registered block trade by Citadel Equity Fund Ltd., an affiliate of Citadel LLC, of 27,394,448 shares of E*TRADE common stock. Citadel received aggregate proceeds of approximately $309 million from the offering. Citigroup was the sole underwriter.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Silicon ValleyVLP Law Group LLP is very pleased to announce that trademark attorney Scott R. Austin, Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Intellectual Property Law, has joined the firm from Gordon & Rees LLP.
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Pillsbury represented Deutsche Bank in U.S. Bancorp’s agreement to buy Deutsche Bank AG’s municipal bond trustee business. US Bancorp is the nation’s largest regional bank. The deal, expected to be completed in the third quarter, will add about $57 billion to the $3 trillion in assets under administration by U.S. Bancorp’s corporate-trust division. The transaction will build on US Bancorp’s trust business in California, Mississippi, New York, Tennessee and Texas.
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Rebekah N. Plowman and Kristen Pollock McDonald have joined the Atlanta Office as partners in the Health Care Practice, where they will represent health care providers and life sciences companies in fraud and abuse investigations and litigation and regulatory compliance matters. Both were formerly partners in the Atlanta office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, where Ms. Plowman chaired the national Fraud and Abuse Practice.
Tags: Jones DayContinuing its investment in Silicon Valley, Bingham McCutchen LLP augmented its technology, life sciences, clean technology and emerging-markets capabilities with the addition of three lawyers to the Corporate Practice Group.
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Daniel H. Peters has joined Locke Lord’s Los Angeles office as a Partner in the Corporate Practice, where his domestic and international M&A focus will help bolster the Firm’s California Corporate platform as well as contribute to the corporate team firm-wide. Peters is a seasoned international transactional attorney with extensive experience counseling strategic buyers and sellers in domestic and cross-border acquisitions, including both public and private target companies.
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On March 14, 2013, CenterPoint Energy, Inc., OGE Energy Corp. and ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC announced that they have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture that will include CenterPoint Energy’s interstate pipelines and field services businesses and the midstream business of Enogex LLC, which is owned jointly by subsidiaries of OGE Energy and ArcLight.
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O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented leading international genomics organization BGI-Shenzhen (BGI) in its acquisition via all cash tender offer, followed by a short form merger, of Nasdaq listed Complete Genomics (Complete). The deal closed on March 18, 2013. It has been reported as the first time a Chinese company has successfully acquired a US public company.
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International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Whitney Holmes has joined the Corporate practice in the Firm’s Denver office as a Partner. Mr. Holmes concentrates his practice on general corporate matters, capital markets and mergers & acquisitions. He has extensive experience representing clients in corporate finance transactions including public offerings and private placements of equity and debt, bank credit, structured and venture capital financings. Mr. Holmes’ clients span a broad range of industries including energy, health care, pharmaceuticals, high-tech manufacturing, telecommunications, software and financial services.
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