WilmerHale Advises SS&C Technologies in $906.5 Million Bid Takeover

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
In a bidding war for London-based GlobeOp Financial Services, WilmerHale represented SS&C Technologies in its takeover cash offer of $906.5 million. The bid topped an $805 million offer from buyout house TPG Capital, announced earlier this year in February. SS&C has offered to pay $7.69 per share for GlobeOp – an 11 percent premium on TPG’s bid. The deal has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of SS&C and the independent directors of GlobeOp.

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Venable LLP Lands Prominent Real Estate Partners

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Leading law firm Venable LLP announced today that three Real Estate partners – Mitch Evall and Andrew Schmerzler from Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin & Evall LLP (WWBCGE) and Valentin Aguilar II from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP (Manatt) – have joined the firm to spearhead the growth of Venable’s newly established West Coast Real Estate Practice.  The experienced team joins Venable’s well-established national Real Estate Group, which includes more than 40 attorneys.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises SIGMA3 on Three Acquisitions

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Shearman & Sterling is advising SIGMA3 Integrated Reservoir Solutions Corporation (SIGMA3), a Symphony Technology Group company, on its strategic acquisitions of APEX Petroleum Engineering Inc. (APEXPE), APEXHiPoint LLC., (APEXHP) and HiPoint Reservoir Imaging LLC. (HiPoint). Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

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Former U.S. Chamber Regulatory Counsel Joins Dinsmore

Monday, March 26, 2012
Reed D. Rubinstein, former Senior Counsel and Regulatory Committee Executive at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has joined Dinsmore’s Washington, D.C. office. He joins the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department, focusing his practice on regulatory and federal advocacy matters.

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