Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as representative of the several underwriters of a $46 million SEC-registered follow-on offering of 7,076,922 shares of common stock of XenoPort, Inc. Xenoport’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “XNPT.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkFranco Lambertenghi Joins Jones Day as Energy Practice Partner in Milan
Jones Day is pleased to welcome Franco Lambertenghi as a new partner in the Firm’s Energy Practice in Milan.
Tags: Jones DayPaul Hastings Advises William Macklowe Co. in two New York Real Estate Transactions
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented William Macklowe Co. in the sale of two office buildings. William Macklowe has sold majority interests in 400 Madison to ASB Real Estate for $148 million and 610 Broadway to LaSalle Investment Management for $116 million. William Macklowe Co. retains 10% stakes in each property.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkWragge & Co Advises Amey on £2 Billion Sheffield Highways Project
Wragge & Co’s Projects team has advised infrastructure services provider Amey on its new £2 billion highways management and maintenance contract with Sheffield City Council, which reached financial close on 31 July. This follows on from the firm’s role in advising Amey on the Birmingham Highways PFI project.
Tags: Gowling WLGPolsinelli Shughart New York Adds Trio of Intellectual Property Litigators to Enhance Pharmaceutical Patent Practice
Citing a need to expand services to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, Polsinelli Shughart welcomes three highly experienced intellectual property shareholders in New York. Tedd W. Van Buskirk, Dr. Pamela Fekete, and Dillon Kim bring more than 35 years combined experience in patent and trademark matters. The trio, who practiced together previously, focuses predominantly on patent litigation arising under the Hatch-Waxman Act and related regulatory, antitrust, and ANDA counseling work. Their clients include pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech, and other life sciences companies.
Tags: Polsinelli PC | New YorkLeading Energy Regulatory Lawyer Michael Yuffee Joins Fried Frank
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Michael A. Yuffee has joined the Firm’s M&A/private equity group, resident in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Yuffee focuses his practice on regulatory, enforcement defense and transactional matters relating to the wholesale energy markets. He brings extensive experience in leading the energy due diligence and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) aspects of M&A and financing transactions, representing clients in energy regulatory proceedings and conducting energy-related litigations and investigations.
Tags: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPPaul Hastings Advises Deutsche Bank on Ayala Corporation’s Block Sale
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Deutsche Bank as the sole bookrunner in Ayala Corporation’s US$155 million (PHP6.45 billion) treasury share block sale. Ayala Corporation is one of the Philippines’ largest conglomerates, with interests in real property, banking, telecommunications, water, infrastructure and energy.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongPaull Weiss – Ivanhoe Mines Completes $1.8 Billion Rights Offering
Paul, Weiss advised Ivanhoe Mines, a Canadian mining company with operations focused in the Asia Pacific region and majority-owned by Rio Tinto, on a $1.8 billion rights offering, which closed on July 27, 2012, as part of a comprehensive financing plan for continuing development of its Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. Rio Tinto committed to support the rights offering by exercising its full basic subscription privilege with respect to its 50.9% shareholding in Ivanhoe Mines, as well as by providing a standby commitment for the full amount of the rights offering, subject to certain conditions.
Tags: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPLitigator Brian T. Hafter Joins LeClairRyan
Brian T. Hafter has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a partner on the Business Litigation and Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation Practice Area Teams. He will be resident in the national law firm’s San Francisco office.
Tags: LeClair Ryan, PCBaker Hostetler’s Growth Continues in Houston: Dennis P. Duffy Joins Employment and Labor Group
Baker Hostetler announced today that Dennis P. Duffy has joined the firm’s Employment and Labor Group as Partner in its Houston office. He comes to Baker Hostetler from Baker Botts LLP where he was Chair of the Labor and Employment practice.
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