Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Chris Kennerly, has joined the firm as a partner with the Intellectual Property practice in Palo Alto. Mr. Kennerly joins from Baker Botts LLP, where he was chair of the Palo Alto IP department. His technology-based practice and experience with mobile telecom companies complements the firms growing footprint in the mobile technology market.

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The Firm represented Seagate Technology plc (“Seagate”) in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Senior Notes due 2023. The notes were issued by Seagate HDD Cayman, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate, and guaranteed by Seagate. Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch and BNP Paribas acted as joint-lead and joint bookrunning managers of the offering.

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Jung Yeon Son has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group, based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Son joins from Technology Crossover Ventures in Palo Alto, where she served as Associate General Counsel. Before that she was VP & Associate General Counsel at Blum Capital Partners in San Francisco, as well as practicing numerous years at Simpson Thacher in New York and Palo Alto.

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Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 9,000,000 shares of common stock of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The gross proceeds from the offering were $171 million. The common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ISIS.”

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Davis Polk is advising BofA Merrill Lynch as financial adviser to BMC Software, Inc. in connection with its approximately $6.9 billion acquisition by a private investor group led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital together with GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd. and Insight Venture Partners. The transaction, which is expected to close later this year, is subject to approval from BMC shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that four noted intellectual property litigators have joined the firm as partners in the Litigation Department. The team of attorneys adds recognized patent trial experience to the firm, which has made a series of bold market moves in recent years in building a premier Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.

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The Firm represented Microsoft Corporation in connection with its inaugural offering of euro-denominated debt securities and its offering of U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities. The underwriters for both offerings were led by BofA Merrill Lynch and RBS.

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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the underwriters in connection with a $1 billion SEC-registered notes offering by NIKE, Inc., consisting of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% notes due 2023 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% notes due 2043.

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Goodwin Procter recently advised client CyOptics, Inc. on its merger agreement with entities affiliated with Avago Technologies Ltd.(Nasdaq: AVGO) in which Avago agreed to acquire CyOptics for $400 million in cash.

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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an offering of 5,750,000 shares of common stock of ChemoCentryx, Inc., including 750,000 shares from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The gross proceeds from the offering were $69 million.

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