Reed Smith today welcomes a further addition to its expanding Silicon Valley office: longtime Palo Alto insider George A. Willman, who joins the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities Group.

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Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as initial purchaser in connection with a Rule 144A offering by NVIDIA Corporation of an aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion of its 1% convertible senior notes due 2018, which included $200 million aggregate principal amount of notes from the full exercise of the initial purchaser’s over-allotment option. In addition, Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as counterparty to convertible note hedge and warrant transactions in connection with the convertible notes offering.

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The Firm represented Seagate Technology plc (“Seagate”) in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Senior Notes due 2018. The notes were issued by Seagate HDD Cayman, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate, and guaranteed by Seagate. Morgan Stanley acted as sole lead and bookrunning manager of the offering.

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Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A offering by ServiceNow, Inc. of $575 million aggregate principal amount of 0% convertible senior notes due 2018, which included $75 million aggregate principal amount of notes from the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ over-allotment option. In addition, Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as counterparties to convertible note hedge and warrant transactions in connection with the convertible notes offering.

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Marking the beginning of its expansion into Northern California—the center of the nation’s high-technology industry and home to seven of the top 10 patent-producing cities—AmLaw100 firm Pepper Hamilton LLP today opened the doors of its new Silicon Valley office. The office will complement Pepper’s two existing California offices and give its top-notch Intellectual Property Department deeper roots on the West Coast.

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WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Jason Kipnis has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Department. Kipnis is an experienced intellectual property lawyer with a diverse practice whose arrival advances the firm’s growth in the Silicon Valley market and the depth of experience the practice offers.

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