Cooley LLP announced today that Kevin Rooney and Louis Lehot have joined the firm’s Business department as partners based in its Palo Alto office. They both join from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, where Rooney chaired the firm’s Emerging Growth/Venture Capital and Technology M&A practices, and Lehot led its Capital Markets and Public Company M&A practices.

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Squire Sanders is pleased to announce the arrival of leading international corporate and technology partner, Richard Horton, who has joined the firm from DLA Piper.  Mr. Horton will be resident in both the Sydney and Silicon Valley offices.  His arrival coincides with Squire Sanders’ move to new permanent premises in Sydney, located in the Gateway building in the central business district.

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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (“MBHB”) is pleased to announce the opening of its new San Francisco Bay Area office in Mountain View, California. The new MBHB office is located in close proximity to California’s renowned life sciences and Silicon Valley technology hubs, with the Bay Area serving as home to many of the world’s largest corporations and thousands of small to mid-size start-ups. Opening March 1, 2013, the new office will expand the firm’s geographical reach and better enable it to meet the growing needs of its clients.

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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that three lawyers have joined the Firm as partners in its Silicon Valley Office. Wendy Davis is now a member of Jones Day’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice, and Janet M. McNicholas, Ph.D. and Gregory P. Silberman have joined as members of Jones Day’s Intellectual Property Practice.

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The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and J.P. Morgan, in connection with Micron Technology, Inc.’s offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2033. The notes were offered in two tranches and only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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Simpson Thacher represented LineRate Systems, Inc. in connection with the sale of the company to F5 Networks, Inc. Based near Boulder, Colorado, LineRate Systems, Inc. provides software that offers layer 7+ network services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Davis Polk advised the Republic of Guatemala on its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2028. The sole book-running manager of the offering was HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

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Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Airgas, Inc. of $325 million principal amount of its 1.65% notes due 2018 and $275 million principal amount of its 2.375% notes due 2020.

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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as initial purchasers in a Rule 144A offering by Accuray Incorporated of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.50% convertible senior notes due 2018.

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DLA Piper announced today that Ute Krudewagen has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment practice as a partner in the Silicon Valley office.

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