Nossaman LLP adds intellectual property attorney Thomas Dover to the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. Dover will serve as co-chair of Nossaman’s newly formalized Intellectual Property & Media Practice Group, along with Partner Stephen P. Wiman.
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Hogan Lovells announced today that Trey Hanbury, former Director of Government Affairs for Sprint Nextel, joined its Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Technology, Media and Telecoms practice.
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Neal Gerber Eisenberg announced today that Karl R. Barnickol has joined the firm as a partner in its 50-lawyer litigation group. Barnickol, 40, who is consistently labeled a “rising” and “future star” by nationwide legal directories, brings an extensive litigation practice to Neal Gerber Eisenberg that includes the defense of complex mass torts and class actions.
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The law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner Kenneth A. Godlewski to its intellectual property group in Washington, D.C.
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International technology, media and telecoms law firm Olswang has boosted its Technology and Sourcing practice with the arrival of two new partners to its London and Singapore offices this autumn. The move follows the addition of Green Technology and Renewables partner Martin Hammer to the firm’s German team in May.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Hugh H. Matsubayashi as a Seattle partner in the intellectual property procurement and portfolio management practice. Matsubayashi joins K&L Gates from NeuroVista Corporation, where he was Vice President of Legal Affairs and Intellectual Property.
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Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Keith C. Dennen has joined our Nashville office as Member.
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The Firm represented Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities in the public offering of $750 million of debt securities of Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”), which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”), consisting of $325,000,000 of 1.600% Senior Notes due 2017, $200,000,000 of 3.000% Senior Notes due 2022 and $225,000,000 of 4.400% Senior Notes due 2042.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm recently represented Rockwood Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries in connection with a public offering by Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The Notes are guaranteed by Rockwood Holdings, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries. Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm represented Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE: GWR), a short line and regional railroad company with operations in North America, Europe and Australia, in connection with concurrent registered offerings of 4,025,000 shares of Class A common stock and 2,300,000 5.00% Tangible Equity Units (including in the case of the common stock, 233,996 shares offered by a selling stockholder, and in the case of the common stock and the Tangible Equity Units, the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment options), which resulted in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $475 million. Genesee & Wyoming intends to the net proceeds from the offerings to partially fund its recently announced acquisition of RailAmerica, Inc., the leading short line railroad operator in North America.
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