Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP is pleased to announce that nationally renowned insurance recovery litigators Jerold Oshinsky and Linda Kornfeld are joining the firm’s insurance recovery group as partners and will launch the firm’s Los Angeles office. The move reunites them with Robin Cohen, their partner at a previous firm and the leader of Kasowitz’s award-winning insurance recovery group, and further entrenches the group’s national leadership position.

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP represented Kingston Technology Company, Inc. in an agreement with Powerchip Technology Corporation, a Taiwanese public company, to acquire certain assets of Powerchip in a deal valued at approximately $200 million. Kingston Technology Company, Inc. simultaneously entered into a transaction pursuant to which Powerchip will provide foundry services to Kingston Technology Company, Inc. for a two-year period in a deal valued at approximately $380 million.

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP is pleased to announce that prominent land use and environmental attorney David Waite has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. Waite brings 20 years of experience to the firm’s nationally recognized real estate practice, with particular expertise in real estate development of infill sites and master-planned communities.

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True Religion Apparel, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P., the New York and London-based investment management firm, in a transaction valued at approximately $835 million.

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Cooley LLP announced today that it represented DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. in the negotiations that culminated in its agreement to buy AwesomenessTV, a multi-channel YouTube subscription for teens.

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Allen Matkins, a California-based full service real estate and business law firm, announced today the hiring of land use partner Fernando Villa in its Los Angeles office, where the firm also welcomes new tax associate Scott M. Dommes. The two new hires follow the recent addition of land use associate Michelle L. Moore in Allen Matkins’ San Francisco office.

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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Sara L. Chenetz has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Financial Transactions & Restructuring group. Chenetz, who represents clients in restructuring, bankruptcy, workouts, litigation and related matters, was most recently a partner at Blank Rome LLP.

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Land use lawyer Robert “Mac” McMurry has joined Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Previously with Gilchrist Rutter, McMurry brings over 30 years of extensive experience in the entitlement of major land development projects in California, such as Newhall Land & Farming in Santa Clarita Valley, Tejon Ranch in Kern County, Heritage Fields in Irvine, Candlestick Park in San Francisco, and Centennial in Antelope Valley. McMurry has particular expertise in guiding Master Plan Communities from original design to completion, including defending against legal challenges brought by project opponents.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented lead arranger Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in connection with a first lien ABL facility for Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated, a global provider of air transport services. The total financing consisted of a $100 million first lien ABL facility and a $400 million second lien notes offering. A portion of the notes proceeds were used as financing for the acquisition of Evergreen Helicopters, Inc.

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Sidley is pleased to announce that it advised GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on its collaboration with Avalon Ventures to fund and launch up to ten early-stage life sciences companies in San Diego.

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