Dinsmore Opens Second Office in Pennsylvania

Friday, January 27, 2012
One of the region’s largest law firms has expanded its geographic reach in Pennsylvania, welcoming five attorneys formerly with Burns White LLC. Dinsmore has opened an office on the Route 202 corridor in suburban Philadelphia in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The new office, located at 1200 Liberty Ridge Drive, becomes Dinsmore’s second in the state following an expansion into Pittsburgh a decade ago.

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Steptoe Expands Global Antitrust & Competition Practice with Addition of Two Partners — Edward Schwartz and Andrew Lee

Friday, January 27, 2012
Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce the latest expansion of its global Antitrust & Competition practice with the addition of Edward Schwartz and Andrew Lee.  Mr. Schwartz and Mr. Lee both join Steptoe as partners in the firm’s Washington office.  Mr. Lee will also be heavily involved in the further expansion of Steptoe’s Korea practice.

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Litigator Paul Stockman Joins the McGuireWoods in Pittsburgh

Friday, January 27, 2012
McGuireWoods LLP announced today that Paul Stockman has joined its Commercial Litigation Department in Pittsburgh as a partner. He brings to the firm a diverse trial and appellate litigation practice, with a focus on the litigation, trial and appeal of insurance coverage, and environmental and tort disputes.

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Cooley Advises Micromet on $1.16 Billion Sale to Amgen

Friday, January 27, 2012
Amgen and Micromet, Inc. today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amgen will acquire Micromet, a biotechnology company with its research and development center in Munich and headquarters in Rockville, Md., for $11 per share in cash. The transaction, which values Micromet at approximately $1.16 billion, was unanimously approved by both the Amgen and Micromet Boards of Directors and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012.

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More Growth in Denver for Polsinelli Shughart’s Health Care Practice

Friday, January 27, 2012
Polsinelli Shughart welcomes Denver attorney Emily E. Wey to the firm’s national health care practice as shareholder. Wey will focus on a variety of operational, transactional and compliance issues for health care providers.  Having served as in-house counsel for both payors and providers, Wey has developed in-depth knowledge of issues involving private reimbursement and payor contracting. She joins a deep bench of firm health care attorneys who advise clients in the increasingly complex, ever-changing landscape of health care law and regulatory compliance responsibilities.

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Advises Spartan Capital Holdings and Eileme 2 AB on US$1.2 Billion High Yield Notes Offering

Friday, January 27, 2012
Dewey & LeBoeuf has represented Spartan Capital Holdings Sp. z o.o. and Eileme 2 AB (publ) in connection with the offering of €542 Million 11.750% Senior Notes due 2020 and US$500 Million 11.625% Senior Notes due 2020. The transaction is the largest European high yield notes issuance to date in 2012, the largest ever Polish corporate bond offering and the first significant euro-denominated high yield deal to emerge since November 2011.

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Cahill Represents Financing Sources in $1.5 Billion Acquisition of SunGard Higher Education by Datatel

Friday, January 27, 2012
Cahill represented Bank of America as administrative agent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and Barclays Captial as joint lead arrangers in connection with the $1,200,000,000 credit facility comprised of a $1,075,000,000 Term B loan and a $125,000,000 revolving credit facility for Sophia L.P. (a newly formed company that also owns Datatel). The proceeds were used to partially finance the acquisition of SunGard Higher Education by Sophia L.P. and to refinance existing indebtedness of Datatel.

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