Sidley advised Flextronics International in the acquisition of Motorola Mobility’s manufacturing operations in Tianjin, China, and assumption of the management and operation of its Jaguariuna, Brazil facility.
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DAC Beachcroft Acquires Leading Professional Indemnity Team in Newport
International law firm DAC Beachcroft has added a top-rated Professional Indemnity team in south Wales, led by Partner Clare Hughes-Williams.
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Cahill Represents Underwriters in $575 million Common Stock Offering by EVERTEC
Cahill represented the underwriters in connection with the sale of 28,789,943 shares of common stock of EVERTEC, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVTC) resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $575,800,000.
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BLP Advises Playtech on £424m Sale of Stake in Wlliam Hill Online
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised long-standing client Playtech on the sale of its 29% stake in William Hill Online (WHO) to William Hill Plc for £424m.
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Frank Vivero Joins Haynes and Boone New York’s Corporate Practice
Haynes and Boone, LLP New York welcomes Frank Vivero as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group focusing on international transactions.
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James Kaplan Joins Quarles & Brady’s Chicago Office
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that James I. Kaplan has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Corporate Services Practice Group.
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Ogletree Deakins Opens 44th Office
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce the opening of its Richmond, Virginia office. The office opens Thursday with two shareholders and an of counsel. Future growth in the Richmond office is expected soon. Jimmy F. Robinson, Jr., who joins Ogletree Deakins from Troutman Sanders, will serve as the office’s managing shareholder. Elizabeth Ebanks, formerly a partner at LeClairRyan, joins as shareholder, and Tevis Marshall, formerly a senior associate at Troutman Sanders, joins as of counsel. Ogletree Deakins continues its dramatic growth in response to client demand as Richmond is the second office the firm has opened in 2013 and the fifth to open in the past year. The firm opened its San Diego office in January and offices in Berlin, Germany, New York City, and Stamford, Connecticut in 2012.
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Davis Polk – Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. Common Stock Offering
Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Canaccord Genuity Inc. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters of an approximately $90 million SEC-registered offering of 16,375,000 shares of common stock of Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as co-manager of the offering. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “SGYP.”
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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 UAE Firm Habib Al Mulla to Merge With Baker & McKenzie
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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