Düsseldorf, July 2012 – Jones Day is pleased to announce that Dr. Markus Kappenhagen is joining the Firm as a labor and employment law partner in Düsseldorf. His appointment brings the number of partners in the Jones Day Düsseldorf Office to six and the number of labor and employment lawyers within Jones Day Germany to seven.
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DLA Piper announced today that Thomas deButts has joined the Regulatory and Government Affairs and International Trade practices as a partner in the Washington, DC, office.
Tags: DLA PiperThe Dallas-based law firm of Taber Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of Linda G. Moore as a Partner.
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Herbert Smith has advised Shanghai Sugar Cigarette and Wine (SSCW), a subsidiary of state-owned Chinese food group leader Bright Food, in its acquisition of a 70% stake in the independent Bordeaux wine merchant DIVA Bordeaux. The deal will enable DIVA Bordeaux to expand its international development, especially in China. The remaining 30% will remain with Pierre Beuchet, DIVA’s founder and chairman, and Jean-Pierre Rousseau, its managing-director.
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Dell and Quest Software announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Dell to acquire Quest, an award-winning IT management software provider offering a broad selection of solutions that solve the most common and most challenging IT problems. Under terms of the agreement, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, Dell will pay $28.00 per share in cash for each share of Quest for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.4 billion, net of Quest’s cash and debt. The transaction is expected to close in Dell’s third fiscal quarter, subject to approval by Quest’s shareholders and customary conditions.
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Cooley LLP announced today that it advised on the creation of a $1 billion venture capital fund for long-time client Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), a Silicon Valley firm specializing in later-stage investments. The fund is the largest in IVP’s 32-year history. IVP has been a Cooley client since 1973.
Tags: Cooley LLPCooley LLP is pleased to announce it advised the underwriters in the initial public offering of common stock of ServiceNow Inc., which launched on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, June 29.
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Middletons has announced the appointment of partner Ian Dorey, previously at Gadens, who will join the firm’s Banking, Insolvency & Disputes group in Brisbane. This follows a number of other strategic appointments the firm has announced over the past 12 months to further enhance its banking and insolvency capabilities.
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Linklaters has advised the Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners on the highly successful US$3.2 billion IPO of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGVH) on the Malaysian Stock Exchange. The largest IPO in Asia in 2012 and the second largest in the world this year after Facebook.
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Simpson Thacher represented Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to Micron Technology Inc. in connection with its execution of a sponsor agreement with the reorganization trustees of Elpida Memory Inc. of Japan, whereby Micron agreed to acquire Elpida, including Elpida’s 65% stake in Rexchip Electronics, for total consideration of ¥200 billion ($2.5 billion), consisting of ¥60 billion in cash consideration for 100% of Elpida’s equity and a series of installment payments totaling ¥140 billion to be made by Elpida to satisfy the reorganization claims of Elpida’s creditors. Micron also entered into a separate agreement with Powerchip Technology Corporation to acquire its 24% stake in Rexchip Electronics for approximately NT$10 billion ($334 million).
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