Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP announced today that Andrew Hill has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner based in Silicon Valley. Mr. Hill joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that Roger Kuan and Jason Novak have joined as partners in the Firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice. Roger and Jason will be resident in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. More >>
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Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters led by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC in connection with CSX Corporation’s public offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.950% Notes due 2050. CSX Corporation is a leading provider of traditional rail services and transportation for intermodal containers and trailers. The proceeds of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes. More >>
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | Menlo Park | New York | San FranciscoDavis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with the SEC-registered secondary block trade of 32,018,100 shares of common stock of Voya Financial, Inc. (“Voya”). Total gross proceeds to ING Groep N.V., the selling stockholder in the offering, were $1.4 billion. Voya’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “VOYA.” More >>
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Goodwin attorneys recently represented the underwriters in Box, Inc.’s initial public offering of 14.375 million shares of Class A common stock. The offering priced at $14 per share and raised $201.25 million. Shares began trading on the NYSE on January 23 under the ticker symbol “BOX.” The underwriting syndicate was led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and included Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC . More >>
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Davis Polk advised Equinix, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Nimbo Technologies Inc., a professional services company focused primarily on helping enterprises develop and implement hybrid cloud IT architectures. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More >>
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Menlo Park | New YorkDavis Polk advised FedEx Corporation (“FedEx”) on its SEC-registered offering of $400 million principal amount of 2.300% notes due 2020, $700 million principal amount of 3.200% notes due 2025, $500 million principal amount of 3.900% notes due 2035, $650 million principal amount of 4.100% notes due 2045 and $250 million principal amount of 4.500% notes due 2065. The joint book-running managers of the offering were Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. More >>
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