Cooley LLP announced today that Jamie Leigh has joined the firm’s Business department as a partner and member of the Mergers & Acquisitions group. Leigh, who will be based in Cooley’s San Francisco office, joins the firm from Latham & Watkins where she was a partner in the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Public Company Representation practices.

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Winston & Strawn LLP today announced Donald S. Davidson will join the firm’s San Francisco office as partner in the litigation practice. Mr. Davidson was formerly a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP where he practiced securities litigation and handled a wide range of matters for broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investment companies. He is the fourth attorney to join Winston & Strawn’s West Coast offices in just the last month.

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Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. in its offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2023. The notes are Brocade’s senior, unsecured obligations, and interest on the notes is payable semi-annually in cash at a rate of 4.625% per annum beginning July 15, 2013. The Company will use the proceeds of the financing, together with cash on hand, to redeem all of its outstanding 6.625% senior secured notes due 2018.

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Nossaman LLP adds Geoffrey Etnire as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Etnire will split his time between the firm’s San Francisco and Washington, DC offices. His move to the firm comes on the heels of the recent additions of real estate partners Tony and Sylvia Arostegui in the Sacramento office and Daniel Katz in the Los Angeles office.

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Shearman & Sterling is advising Symphony Technology Group on First Advantage Corporation’s acquisition of the employment and resident screening business of LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc., a division of Reed Elsevier Group plc. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Carolyn F. McNiven has joined as a shareholder in the Litigation practice in San Francisco. She focuses her practice on white collar defense matters, representing multi-million dollar public companies, private companies, as well as individuals.

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Reed Smith LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced the addition of Tracy K. Genesen, who joins the firm as a San Francisco-based partner in its Global Regulatory Enforcement group. Ms. Genesen joins Reed Smith from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she was a partner focused on regulatory litigation.

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Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Nicole P. Dogwill has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Group. Dogwill represents companies in complex and class action litigation involving breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, antitrust, unfair competition/business practices, and related contract and tort claims. She was previously a partner with Winston & Strawn in San Francisco.

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Don Buder, a highly experienced transaction lawyer in the food, beverage, and restaurant industries, has joined the San Francisco office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner.

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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Steve Smith has joined the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco Office where he will be part of Jones Day’s Global Disputes Practice. Mr. Smith arrives from the San Francisco office of O’Melveny & Myers, where he was a partner and chair of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice.

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