Haynes and Boone, LLP proudly announces the addition of the partners and associates of Mavrakakis Law Group LLP (MLG), an intellectual property boutique with offices in Palo Alto, Calif. and Chicago, Ill. More >>
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Foley announced today that Mark Danielson has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as a partner in the Silicon Valley office. More >>
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Dentons announced today that Maria Sendra has joined its Corporate practice as a partner in Palo Alto, enhancing the Firm’s already robust ability to provide complex securities, mergers and acquisitions and foreign markets transactional work to clients from its Silicon Valley platform.
Sendra’s global capital markets practice focuses on emerging technology, life sciences, clean technology and renewable energy. Her strong transactional practice augments the Firm’s substantial national and global capabilities involving private equity markets, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, securities, licensing and venture capital for domestic and global corporations. More >>
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Fenwick & West today announced that David Johanson has joined the firm as a partner in its private equity practice. Johanson represents private equity sponsors in a broad range of growth capital, M&A, recapitalization, joint venture and other business transactions. He also represents technology companies that partner with private equity sponsors. David will be based in the firm’s Silicon Valley headquarters. More >>
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Weil is advising Intel Corporation in its definitive agreement to acquire Altera Corporation in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $16.7 billion. The deal will integrate Intel’s leading-edge products and manufacturing process with Altera’s field-programmable gate array technology, enabling new classes of products in the data center and Internet of Things market segments. As part of the transaction, Altera will become an Intel business unit to facilitate continuity of existing and new customer sales and support. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions. More >>
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Avago Technologies Limited and Broadcom Corporation announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Avago will acquire Broadcom in a cash and stock transaction that values the combined company at US$77 billion in enterprise value. Per the below press release issued by the companies, upon completion of the acquisition, the combined company will have the most diversified communications platform in the semiconductor industry, with combined annual revenues of approximately US$15 billion. More >>
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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in connection with the registered public offering by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) of $8 billion aggregate principal amount of notes over seven tranches with maturities ranging from 2 to 30 years. The net proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes, including repurchases of common stock and payment of dividends under Apple’s recently expanded program to return capital to shareholders, funding for working capital, capital expenditures and acquisitions, and repayment of debt. More >>
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Goodwin Procter attorneys advised TellApart, Inc. in its recently announced sale to Twitter, Inc. According to the 8-K filed by Twitter, the company will issue approximately 12.6 million shares of common stock based on the $42.27 per share closing price on April 28. The deal is expected to close at the beginning of June and is subject to customary closing conditions. More >>
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | Silicon ValleyCooley advised its long-time client Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) on the closing of IVP XV, its largest ever fund. The $1.4 billion fund is the second largest venture fund formed in the United States in 2015. Just three years ago, Cooley advised IVP on the formation of its first $1 billion fund. More >>
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Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that eight Intellectual Property litigators have joined the firm and will be resident in its Silicon Valley office. The addition will expand the firm’s IP litigation capability across a wide range of industries. It also adds a top tier Section 337 patent litigation practice with extensive experience before the U.S. International Trade Commission.
“We are pleased to welcome this team of litigators to the firm. Their knowledge of the technology sector, combined with first-chair trial experience in global, high-stakes matters, deepens our patent litigation capabilities,” said Arnold & Porter Chairman, Thomas H. Milch. More >>
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