Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Cowen and Company, LLC as joint book-running managers of the several underwriters in connection with the $117.85 million initial public offering of 8,418,000 shares of common stock of Chimerix, Inc., which included 1,098,000 shares from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option in full. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “CMRX.”
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Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce that Habib Al Mulla, one of the most respected and well-established law firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will merge with the Firm, effective 1 July.
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King & Spalding advised Sadara Chemical Company during the tendering and bid evaluation for an operations and maintenance agreement for packaging and shipping with Al Majdouie De Rijke Limited Company.
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Day Pitney is pleased to announce that Jeffrey S. Held has joined the firm as partner in the Real Estate, Environmental and Land Use department. A real estate transactions veteran, Mr. Held has been involved in numerous stand-alone real estate transactions and provided real estate guidance in significant corporate and financing transactions. He will be based in Day Pitney’s New York office.
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Hogan Lovells is proud to announce that it secured antitrust clearance from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for client Arris’ proposed US$2.35 billion purchase of Google Inc.’s Motorola Home unit. With this final approval, the communications technology company has received all of the necessary regulatory authorizations surrounding the purchase. The acquisition is expected to close later this week.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised MGPA on behalf of MGPA Asien Spezialfonds, which targets German-speaking institutional investors on two property investments in Japan. The investments comprise the acquisition of two Tokyo office buildings, South Shin Otsuka building in Otsuka and Shinjuku TX building in Shinjuku. These transactions are MGPA Asien Spezialfonds first investments in Japan with both transactions closing in March. The fund is launched on the administration platform of the German investment company Universal-Investment.
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Hunton & Williams LLP announces the further growth of its global litigation practice with the return of Nash E. Long III as partner in Charlotte. Long, who joins from Winston & Strawn, focuses his practice on complex litigation, including arbitrations, jury trials, bench trials, and class actions related to environmental, business torts, commercial contract, intellectual property, construction, consumer law and product liability disputes.
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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co, LLC and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. in connection with the initial public offering of Neuberger Berman MLP Income Fund Inc. (the “Fund”). The offering raised approximately $1.1 billion, assuming full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.
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Matheson is advising Royalty Pharma on its $7.3 billion cash offer for Elan Corporation plc, the Irish biotechnology company. The Matheson team is led by Tim Scanlon, George Brady and Fergus Bolster.
Tags: MathesonHarbottle & Lewis is delighted to announce that Dalton Odendaal has re-joined the firm as a Partner. For the last six years Dalton has been working on the Olympic Games with LOCOG and the BOA.
