Kemp Smith Welcomes New Attorney in Las Cruces, NM – CaraLyn Banks

Kemp Smith LLP is pleased to announce that CaraLyn Banks has joined the firm’s Las Cruces, NM office as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. The focus of her practice is the defense of healthcare providers, including hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, nurses, product manufacturers, building contracts and various governmental and business entities in the tort and commercial litigation. In addition to litigation, Ms. Banks works with and advises hospitals in the area of risk management, contract development, dispute resolution with third-party payers, licensure review by regulatory and administrative agencies, employment disputes, peer review proceedings, and compliance with various federal and state statutes and regulations applicable to healthcare providers, including patient privacy and security.

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Cooley Represents Yelp in Its Acquisition of Qype

Cooley LLP announced today that it is advising Yelp Inc. in its approximately $50 million acquisition of Qype GmbH, Europe’s largest local reviews site. Qype was acquired to accelerate Yelp’s international expansion, bringing more than two million reviews and 15 million visitors per month across 13 countries. It is Yelp’s first acquisition since going public on March 12, 2012.

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Davis Polk – Palo Alto Networks Secondary Offering

Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as lead joint book-running managers, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as book-running managers, in connection the $302.4 million SEC-registered offering of 4.8 million shares of common stock of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. sold by certain selling stockholders. The common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PANW.”

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Davis Polk – Walter Investment Management Corp. Concurrent Offerings of Common Stock and 4.5% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2019

Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Barclays Capital Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered public offering of 6,900,000 shares of common stock of Walter Investment Management Corp for aggregate gross proceeds of $290 million. The offering included 900,000 shares of common stock purchased by the underwriters upon full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares granted by Walter.

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