Burr & Forman Adds Six Attorneys and Expands Nashville-Based Service Offerings

Monday, January 5, 2015

Burr & Forman LLP announces the arrival of six partners to the firm’s Nashville office. These additions bolster Burr & Forman’s Nashville capabilities in a number of practice areas, and reflect the firm’s commitment to growth in Tennessee in response to both client needs and regional economic growth. With the arrival of these six attorneys, Burr & Forman now has a total of 16 attorneys in Nashville and 38 attorneys licensed to practice in Tennessee across nine offices in five states. More >>

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State Department Official Cliff Sloan To Rejoin Skadden

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP announced today that Clifford M. Sloan, Special Envoy for Guantanamo closure, will rejoin the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Litigation Group on January 1, 2015. Mr. Sloan’s practice will focus on complex litigation, intellectual property, appellate and constitutional law issues, as well as global strategy and risk management. More >>

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Morgan Lewis Expands in Japan with Addition of 16-Person Team from Bingham McCutchen

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Morgan Lewis has enhanced its practice in Japan with the addition of a 16-person team, including five partners, from Bingham McCutchen. The new team comprised of 10 lawyers and six staff significantly strengthens Morgan Lewis’s cross-border asset management, IP, financial services, and M&A practices in Japan. Together with the firm’s long-standing joint enterprise with TMI Associates, Morgan Lewis and its 29 lawyers and staff resident in Tokyo provide deep and broad capabilities for both in-bound and out-bound legal services in Japan. More >>

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Goodwin Procter Advises TA Associates, Fotolia and Founder on $800M Sale of Fotolia to Adobe

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Goodwin Procter attorneys recently advised TA Associates, its portfolio company Fotolia and Fotolia’s CEO and Co-Founder Oleg Tscheltzoff on the announced sale of Fotolia to Adobe for an enterprise value of $800 million. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015. TA and Tscheltzoff own Fotolia together with the Company’s largest shareholder, KKR. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More >>

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Ally Financial $1.3 Billion Secondary Sale of Common Stock

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Davis Polk advised Ally Financial Inc. (“Ally”) in connection with its $1.3 billion SEC-registered secondary sale of 54,926,296 shares of its common stock by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (U.S. Treasury), as part of the planned exit of its investment in Ally. Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the secondary sale. More >>

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Michael K. Furey Joins Day Pitney as Litigation Partner in New Jersey

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Day Pitney announced today that Michael K. Furey has joined the firm’s Parsippany, N.J., office as a partner in the Commercial Litigation department. Furey is a seasoned business litigator and appellate strategist. He joins Day Pitney from Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland and Perretti in Morristown, N.J., where he started his practice out of law school.

“I am very excited to be joining Day Pitney,” said Furey. “Over the course of my career, I have stood across the aisle from them and the firm’s strong reputation is rightfully deserved. I am familiar with its depth of experience in complex commercial litigation, corporate and other commercial areas of practice and I know it will provide the clients I serve with a broad set of skills that they need, as well as a stronger platform for my practice.” More >>

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Ulmer & Berne IP Growth Continues with Addition of Paul M. Ulrich to Cincinnati Office

Monday, December 22, 2014

Ulmer & Berne LLP announces the addition of seasoned intellectual property attorney Paul M. Ulrich as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) & Technology practice. The practice has grown significantly throughout 2014, adding eight new members since January. Mr. Ulrich joins Ulmer & Berne’s Cincinnati office from Dinsmore & Strohl LLP where he was a partner.

Mr. Ulrich’s engineering background and experience in hands-on operations management for a large utility company enable him to provide immediate value to clients. His practice focuses on patent preparation and prosecution; patent infringement/litigation; market clearance; validity opinions; patentability studies; licensing; IP due diligence for M&A; and client counseling in intellectual property matters. He is experienced in managing large global patent and trademark portfolios and developing innovative intellectual property strategies for his clients. More >>

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Firm Represents Lenders in Chesapeake’s $4 Billion Credit Facility

Monday, December 22, 2014

Simpson Thacher represented the lenders, led by MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in connection with Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s (NYSE: CHK) five-year, $4 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility. The new facility replaces the existing $4 billion senior secured revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature in December 2015. The aggregate commitments may be increased up to an additional $1 billion, and the new credit agreement matures December 15, 2019 with two one-year extension options, which are subject to lender approval and certain customary provisions. More >>

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