Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented middle market private equity firm GI Partners acquire a San Diego data center and office building leased to American Internet Services and San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. in its initial public offering (“IPO”), making it the first publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) focused on the single-family rental market. The Company raised $245 million in its IPO and its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SBY.” The IPO closed on December 19, 2012.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised the Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative (PICI) in a pro-bono effort to establish regulations that create a shark sanctuary in the Cook Islands. The regulations prohibit certain commercial fishing activities within the Cook Island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ)—an area of ocean approximately 1.9 million square kilometers (756,000 square miles) in size—that threaten sharks, and ban the possession, sale, and trade of shark and shark products. This newly established protected area neighbors the shark sanctuary recently announced by Tahiti Nui (French Polynesia), and will connect with the EEZs of American Samoa and Tokelau to create the largest contiguous shark conservation area in the world—an area over 6.7 million square kilometers (2.6 million square miles) in size.

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Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the addition of Labor & Employment partner Charles Thompson and senior counsel Nicole Bolson to the firm’s San Francisco office, bolstering the bench strength of the firm’s National Trial Team and robust West Coast presence. Both attorneys previously practiced at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, where Thompson was in charge of the San Francisco group and a vice chair of the firm’s L&E practice. He is also very active in the San Francisco legal community as a member of PLUS, the San Francisco Hotel Counsel and the IADC.

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International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that Aisha Hunt has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Financial Services practice. Hunt was most recently with Cole-Frieman Mallon & Hunt LLP, where she headed the ’40 Act Practice with a focus on alternative mutual funds.

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IP litigation partner Laura Chapman has joined the San Francisco office of Sheppard Mullin.  The partner brings a wealth of experience in intellectual property, breach of contract, trade secrets, unfair competition, and more.  She makes the legal job move from Foley & Lardner.
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Hogan Lovells announced today that Edward Kwok, Jennifer Lantz, Steve Levitan, Christian Mammen, and Clark Stone have joined as partners in the Intellectual Property (IP) practice. Kwok, Lantz, Levitan, and Stone arrive from Haynes and Boone LLP, and will be based in the Silicon Valley office, while Mammen joins from a private practice and will be based in San Francisco.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Thad Davis and Michael Li-Ming Wong have joined the firm’s San Francisco office as partners. Both were previously with Ropes & Gray. Davis joins Gibson Dunn as Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation Practice Group, and Wong will serve as Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Enforcement Group and also be a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations Group.

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Mark Mengelberg returned to where he previously practiced law when he was hired by California-based law firm Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis for a San Francisco legal job, according to a press release.

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a preeminent California-based real estate and full service business law firm, welcomes back Mark Mengelberg as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. He rejoins Allen Matkins’ Real Estate Department after six years as a partner at Seyfarth Shaw, with an emphasis on real estate transactions and finance. Mark had worked at Allen Matkins as an associate from 2004 through 2006.

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