O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented China-based BGI-Shenzhen, a leading international genomics company, in entering into a definitive merger agreement with Complete Genomics, Inc. The transaction is valued at approximately US$117.6 million.
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Norton Rose Canada is pleased to announce that Adrienne Blanchard joined its Montréal office on September 10, 2012. Adrienne will be a partner in the Intellectual Property Group, practising in the areas of pharmaceutical regulation and trade-marks.
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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBS, and SMBC Nikko as joint book-running managers and the co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 by MGM Resorts International. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness.
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Stoel Rives LLP, a leading U.S. business law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of two veteran corporate attorneys to its Minneapolis office. Robert Kukuljan joins the firm as a partner in the Corporate group, and Laurie Huotari joins as Of Counsel to that group.
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The Share Sale Agreement exchange took place on Friday, 22 June 2012, with the deal being completed on Tuesday, 18 September 2012. Maddocks advised Shangri-La on all aspects of the transaction, including the negotiation and execution of the Share Sale Agreement and ancillary documentation, and obtaining all consents and authorities required for completion.
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Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Thomas Yunlong Man has joined the firm’s Beijing office as a partner.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing SWEPI LP, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, in its agreement to purchase Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s assets in the southern Delaware Basin portion of the Permian Basin. Shell has agreed to pay Chesapeake $1.9 billion for 618,000 net acres in the Permian Basin that produce approximately 26,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
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Hogan Lovells announced today that Edward Kwok, Jennifer Lantz, Steve Levitan, Christian Mammen, and Clark Stone have joined as partners in the Intellectual Property (IP) practice. Kwok, Lantz, Levitan, and Stone arrive from Haynes and Boone LLP, and will be based in the Silicon Valley office, while Mammen joins from a private practice and will be based in San Francisco.
Tags: Hogan Lovells | San FranciscoHogan Lovells has advised Neopost Japan Inc. (“Neopost Japan”), a subsidiary of Neopost S.A., on its acquisition of the Hasler Division Business from Nisshinbo Postal Chemical Co., Ltd. (“NPC”). The transaction was signed on 30 July 2012 and was successfully closed on 31 August 2012.
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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is pleased to announce that Ronald W. Zdrojeski has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. A commercial litigator and trial attorney with nearly 30 years of experience, Mr. Zdrojeski has litigated in 48 of the 50 states. His extensive experience defending businesses in complex litigation includes class action, trade secret, intellectual property, environmental and maritime litigation.
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