K&L Gates Represents Underwriters in $220 Million Initial Public Offering of Forward Pharma A/S

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP represented the underwriters in connection with the $220 million initial public offering of Forward Pharma A/S, a biopharmaceutical company working to advance a proprietary formulation of dimethyl fumarate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other immune disorders such as psoriasis. Forward Pharma issued 10.5 million American Depositary Shares (ADSs), representing the company’s ordinary shares at a price to the public of $21 per ADS. The ADSs now trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “FWP”. More >>

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Leading Intellectual Property Team Joins Manatt

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced the addition of a three-partner group to its Intellectual Property practice, including Robert W. Dickerson Jr. and Lawrence R. LaPorte in the firm’s Los Angeles office, and Yasser M. El-Gamal in Orange County. The team joins from Dickstein Shapiro LLP, where Dickerson had served as co-leader of that firm’s Intellectual Property practice and El-Gamal had served as administrative partner of its Orange County office.

Dickerson joins as chair of Manatt’s national Intellectual Property practice. More >>

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