Continuing with its planned strategic growth, Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP, the IP super boutique, announced that Pamela K. Fulmer joined the firm as a partner on March 18th. She will practice out of the firm’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices where she will concentrate on intellectual property litigation as well as disputes related to trade secrets, unfair competition, licensing and other complex issues.
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KWM Strengthens Tax Practice with Lateral Partner Appointment
King & Wood Mallesons has bolstered its Tax team with the appointment of prominent tax practitioner Tim Sherman as a partner in the firm’s Sydney office.
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Davis Polk Advises on Placement of Shares in NagaCorp Ltd.
Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and BNP Paribas Capital (Asia Pacific) Limited in their capacity as placing agents for the top-up placement of 200,000,000 shares in NagaCorp Ltd. for a total consideration of approximately US$154 million.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Hong KongDavis Polk – BankUnited, Inc. $558 Million Secondary Offering
Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the underwriters on the SEC-registered secondary offering of 22,540,000 shares of common stock of BankUnited, Inc. sold by investment funds affiliated with The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Centerbridge Partners, L.P., WL Ross & Co. LLC and certain officers and directors of BankUnited, Inc. The shares of common stock sold in the offering include shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ fully exercised option to purchase additional shares. The net proceeds of the offering were approximately $558 million. BankUnited’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BKU.”
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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $350 million 3.250% senior notes due 2023 and $850 million 4.875% senior notes due 2043 by Discovery Communications, LLC. The senior notes are guaranteed by the issuer’s indirect parent company, Discovery Communications, Inc.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk – Goldcorp Inc. $1.5 Billion Senior Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers in connection with a $1.5 billion SEC-registered debt offering by Goldcorp Inc., consisting of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.125% notes due 2018 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.700% notes due 2023.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkHoward B. Goldman joins Honigman’s Real Estate Department
Howard B. Goldman has joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Department. He will be located in Honigman’s Oakland County office.
Simpson Thacher Represents Blackstone in Sale of Warrants in General Growth Properties
The Firm represented Blackstone in the sale of its warrants to purchase shares of common stock of General Growth Properties, Inc. General Growth acquired all the warrants held by affiliates of Blackstone and Fairholme Funds, Inc. for approximately $633 million. The warrants were exercisable into an aggregate of approximately 52 million shares and were issued in connection with the restructuring of General Growth and its emergence from bankruptcy in 2010. The Firm represented Blackstone in the restructuring.
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Fox Rothschild Welcomes New Jersey Litigator Karen A. Confoy
Continuing to strengthen its presence in the Garden State, Fox Rothschild welcomes veteran New Jersey litigator Karen A. Confoy as a partner in the firm’s Princeton office.
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Prominent Investment Funds Lawyer Han Ming Ho First to Join Sidley Austin LLP Since its Receipt of QFLP License
Sidley Austin LLP has announced that Han Ming Ho, who is recognized as one of Asia’s leading international funds lawyers, will join the firm’s Singapore office as a partner. Mr. Ho will serve as co-head of the Asia Investment Funds practice together with Effie Vasilopoulos, a Sidley partner based in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
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