Prominent Chicago Trial Attorneys Join Wilson Elser

Thursday, February 19, 2015

National law firm Wilson Elser hired distinguished Chicago trial attorneys Partners Dom Savaiano and Paul Bozych along with their six-member team. Formerly of Clausen Miller, the team includes Partners Bradford Krause, Elizabeth Grover, Jack Murphy, Associate Erin Schreiber, and two support-staff professionals.

The acquisition of this team adds momentum to Wilson Elser’s growing Midwest presence. Recently, the firm added three Midwest offices in Milwaukee, the Detroit suburb of Novi and Edwardsville, Illinois. More >>

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Simpson Thacher Represents Lead Arrangers in Amendment and Restatement of Ralph Lauren Corporation’s $500 Million Revolving Credit Facility

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Simpson Thacher recently represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as lead arrangers and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with the amendment and restatement of Ralph Lauren Corporation’s existing $500 million revolving credit facility. More >>

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Perkins Coie Represents Zillow in Close of $2.5 Billion Acquisition of Trulia

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Perkins Coie attorneys represented Zillow, Inc., which operates the leading real estate and home-related information marketplaces on mobile and the Web, in the close of its previously announced acquisition of Trulia, Inc., a provider of mobile and web products for homebuyers, sellers and renters, for $2.5 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. The new company, Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z), houses a portfolio of the largest and most vibrant U.S. real estate and home-related brands on mobile and the Web. More >>

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Milbank Represents Leading Chilean Retailer Cencosud in $1B Global Bond Offering

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised leading Chilean retailer Cencosud (NYSE:CNCO) in a two-tranche $1 billion global debt offering.

Proceeds from the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering include a $650 million 10-year bond and $350 million 30-year bond which will be used for general corporate purposes including financing short- and long-term debt. More >>

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Goodwin Procter Represents Underwriters in Box IPO

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Goodwin attorneys recently represented the underwriters in Box, Inc.’s initial public offering of 14.375 million shares of Class A common stock. The offering priced at $14 per share and raised $201.25 million. Shares began trading on the NYSE on January 23 under the ticker symbol “BOX.” The underwriting syndicate was led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and included Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC . More >>

Tags:  Goodwin Procter LLP | Menlo Park | Silicon Valley

Axinn Acts as Global Coordinating Antitrust Counsel for Ball’s $6.85 Billion Acquisition of Rexam

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP are acting as global coordinating antitrust counsel for Ball Corporation in its acquisition of Rexam PLC. The Axinn team is led by partners John Harkrider, Nick Gaglio and Mark Alexander and associates Irina Rodriguez, Eric Barstad, Christina Shin, Alexander Bergersen, James Goldfeier, Tracy Huang and Joe Antel. The European team is headed by John Boyce, Claire Jeffs and Jordan Ellison at Slaughter & May.

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Seth Goldstein Joins Theodora Oringher PC

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Theodora Oringher is pleased to welcome Seth Goldstein as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Orange County office. Seth’s practice has focused on the representation of financial institutions, with emphasis on the defense of consumer class actions and other complex matters brought against banks and other financial service providers in connection with retail banking and lending operations. Seth also has substantial experience in complex commercial disputes at both the trial and appellate levels for clients in a variety of industries, including government contracting, insurance, pharmaceuticals, securities and telecommunications. More >>

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Timothy Gorry Joins Theodora Oringher PC

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Theodora Oringher is pleased to welcome Timothy Gorry as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Tim has specialized over the past 25 years in representing entertainment, sports, private equity, banking, software, financial, telecommunications and manufacturing companies in litigation matters in state and federal courts, federal agencies and arbitration panels. More >>

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