- Selected 2006 Public Offerings and Rule 144A Placements
- Selected 2006 M&A Transactions
- Selected 2006 Venture Financings As Company Counsel
- Selected 2006 Strategic Alliances, Joint Venture and Licensing Transactions
- Selected 2006 Information Technology Transactions
- Selected 2006 Life Sciences Transactions
Selected 2006 Public Offerings and Rule 144A Placements (PDF Version)
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $59,512,500 — Counsel to Issuer
- Acme Packet — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $116,584,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals — Public Offering of Common Stock — $148,350,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals — Public Offerings of Common Stock — $165,917,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Altus Pharmaceuticals — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $120,750,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- CapitalSource — Public Offering of Common Stock — $414,000,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Ciena — Public Offering of 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 — $300,000,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- CIGNA — Public Offering of 6.150% Senior Notes due 2036 — $250,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- CIT Group — Public Offerings of Medium-Term Notes — $16,350,216,000 — Counsel to Underwriters and Agents
- CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals — Public Offering of Common Stock — $45,500,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Corporación Andina de Fomento — Public Offering of 5.75% Notes Due 2017 — $250,000,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- CTC Media — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $380,525,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals — Public Offering of 2.25% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 — $350,000,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Dean Foods — Public Offering of 7.000% Senior Notes due 2016 — $500,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Emergent BioSolutions — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $62,500,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Evercore Partners — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $95,392,500 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Globalstar — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $146,625,000 — Regulatory Counsel to Issuer
- GTx — Public Offering of Common Stock — $60,793,600 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Labopharm — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $101,200,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- LeMaitre Vascular — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $38,500,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- MBB Industries — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — €17,480,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Medtronic — Rule 144A Placement of 1.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011 and 1.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 — $4,400,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals — Public Offering of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011 — $250,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- NitroMed — Public Offering of Common Stock — $62,504,500 — Counsel to Issuer
- NxStage Medical — Public Offering of Common Stock — $56,336,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Optos — Initial Public Offering of Ordinary Shares — £50,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- PS Business Parks — Public Offerings of Preferred Stock — $94,600,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- SS&C Technologies — Exchange Offer for 11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 — $205,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Speedel — Public Offering of Common Stock — CHF 96,541,500 — Counsel to Issuer
- Targacept — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $45,000,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Temenos Group — Public Offering of 1.5% Convertible Bonds due 2013 — CHF 132,500,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Visicu — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $110,400,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Watts Water Technologies — Public Offering of Common Stock — $230,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- World Energy Solutions — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $25,525,000 — Counsel to Issuer
Selected 2006 M&A Transactions (PDF Version)
- Akamai Technologies — acquisition of Nine Systems — $160,000,000
- Arlington Tankers — asset acquisition from Stena Group — $92,000,000
- Becton Dickinson — acquisition of GeneOhm Sciences — $230,000,000
- Blackstone — sale of Kabel BW to EQT — undisclosed
- BrassRing — acquisition by Kenexa — $115,000,000
- Danaher — acquisition of Sybron Dental Specialties — $2,200,000,000 (co-counsel)
- Domantis — acquisition by GSK — £230,000,000
- GeoTrust — acquisition by VeriSign — $125,000,000
- GlycoFi — acquisition by Merck — $400,000,000
- HMS Holdings — acquisition of the Benefits Solutions Practice Area division of Public Consulting Group — $100,000,000
- IDEXX Laboratories — acquisition of Osmetech's Critical Care Division — $44,900,000*
- IDX Systems — acquisition by GE Healthcare — $1,200,000,000
- I-Logix — acquisition by Telelogic — $80,000,000
- IMlogic — acquisition by Symantec — $90,000,000
- Infinity Pharmaceuticals — acquisition of Discovery Partners — $162,500,000
- Kronos — acquisition of Unicru — $150,000,000
- Lifeline Systems — acquisition by Philips Electronics — $750,000,000
- Linde — acquisition of BOC Group — $14,800,000,000 (worldwide antitrust counsel)
- Lucent — merger with Alcatel — $13,000,000,000 (US CFIUS counsel and worldwide antitrust co-counsel)
- MatrixOne — acquisition by Dassault Systèmes — $408,000,000
- PAREXEL International — acquisition of California Clinical Trials Medical Group and Behavioral and Medical Research — $65,000,000
- PepsiCo — acquisition of Stacy's Pita Chip Company — undisclosed
- Red Hat — acquisition of JBoss — $420,000,000 (including earnout)
- RSA Security — acquisition by EMC — $2,300,000,000
- Savient Pharmaceuticals — sale of oral liquid pharmaceuticals business to Close Brothers Private Equity — $176,000,000
- SkillSoft — acquisition of NETg from Thomson — $285,000,000*
- Softricity — acquisition by Microsoft — undisclosed
- Thermo Fisher Scientific — acquisition of Cohesive Technologies — undisclosed
- Verizon Communications — acquisition of MCI — $8,500,000,000 (regulatory counsel)
- WebMD — acquisition of Subimo — $60,000,000
- WiderThan — acquisition by RealNetworks — $350,000,000
Selected 2006 Venture Financings As Company Counsel (PDF Version)
- Acopia Networks — $20,000,000
- Adnexus Therapeutics — $27,000,000
- Airwide Solutions — $25,000,000
- Akorri — $15,000,000
- A123 Systems — $30,000,000
- Archivas — $12,000,000
- Aushon BioSystems — $7,800,000
- Axsun Technologies — $15,000,000
- BlueNote Networks — $15,000,000
- Codon Devices — $20,000,000
- Egenera — $26,000,000
- Gigle Semiconductor — $11,000,000
- GloNav — $16,200,000
- Icera — $40,000,000
- IGA Worldwide — $17,000,000
- Incipient — $24,000,000
- IntelliVid — $8,000,000
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals — $41,000,000
- Mintera — $10,000,000
- NanoNexus — $32,000,000
- Njini — $13,000,000
- Partsearch Technologies — $10,750,000
- Pivot Solutions — $8,000,000
- Reflexis Systems — $10,000,000
- Scanbuy — $9,000,000
- SiCortex — $21,000,000
- SmartBargains — $10,000,000
- SupplyScape — $8,000,000
- Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals — $25,000,000
- Transitive — $12,250,000
- TransMedics — $29,750,000
- Ubiquisys — $12,000,000
- U3 Pharma — €27,000,000
- WeeWorld — $15,500,000
- Xanthus Pharmaceuticals — $25,000,000
- Zipcar — $25,000,000
- Zopa — $15,000,000
Selected 2006 Strategic Alliances, Joint Venture and Licensing Transactions (PDF Version)
- Airwide Solutions — US and international reseller and sales agreements
- Alantos Pharmaceuticals — Collaboration with Servier for oral administration treatment for type 2 diabetes
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals — Collaboration with Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research to develop RNAi therapeutics for pandemic flu
- Applix — International software solution partner agreement
- AVEO Pharmaceuticals — License from Kirin Brewery of clinical-stage cancer product
- Avid — Key licensing, distribution and supply agreements for Avid Technology and its Digidesign division
- Bose — Various licensing and collaboration matters
- Braintree Laboratories — License to Schering-Plough of MiraLAX® over-the-counter gastrointestinal products
- Broadcom — Licenses in connection with various acquisitions
- Brooks Automation — Formation of Japanese joint venture with Yaskawa Electric
- Cephalon — Licensing advice in connection with settlements of Provigil® generic patent infringement litigation
- Constant Contact — Various co-promotion and licensing matters
- Emergent BioSolutions — Supply agreements for a therapeutic anthrax immune globulin product
- From the Top — Agreements with WGBH, Carnegie Hall and others for production of public television series
- Idera Pharmaceuticals — Collaboration with Merck to develop vaccines incorporating toll-like receptor agonists
- IETF — Advice to the leading standards body for the Internet
- IGA Worldwide — Online game advertising agreement with Electronic Arts
- Infinity Pharmaceuticals — Alliance with MedImmune for novel small molecule cancer drugs
- Momenta Pharmaceuticals — Alliance with Sandoz to develop complex generic and follow-on biotechnology drugs
- Palm — Various patent licenses
- Panera Bread — Licensing and supply arrangements for Canadian retail expansion
- PTC Therapeutics — Collaboration with Schering-Plough for the development of hepatitis C virus drugs
- ReGen Therapeutics — Distribution and marketing of nutraceutical compounds through Metagenics
- SiCortex — Various development, manufacturing, services and distribution agreements
- Silicon Integration Initiative — Formation of low-power integrated circuit design flow coalition
- Starent Networks — International distribution agreements and licensing transactions
- Sucampo Pharmaceuticals — Licensing advice in connection with corporate reorganization
- Syntonix Pharmaceuticals — Strategic alliance with Biovitrum for long-acting hemophilia B product
- Xanthus — Acquisition from Schering AG of rights to clinical-stage cancer compounds
- Ziopharm — Acquisition from Baxter Healthcare of clinical-stage anti-cancer agent program
Selected 2006 Information Technology Transactions (PDF Version)
Venture Capital Financings
- Acopia Networks — $20,000,000
- Airwide Solutions — $25,000,000
- Axsun Technologies — $15,000,000
- BlueNote Networks — $15,000,000
- Egenera — $26,000,000
- Icera — $40,000,000
- Incipient — $24,000,000
- NanoNexus — $32,000,000
- Reflexis Systems — $10,000,000
- SiCortex — $21,000,000
- SmartBargains — $10,000,000
Licensing, Outsourcing and Alliances
- Applix — International software solution partner agreement
- Avid — Key licensing, distribution and supply agreements for Avid Technology and its Digidesign division
- Bose — Various licensing and collaboration matters
- Broadcom — Licenses in connection with various acquisitions
- Constant Contact — Various co-promotion and licensing matters
- Columbia University — Advice regarding open source and proprietary software licensing
- IETF — Advice to the leading standards body for the Internet
- IGA Worldwide — Online game advertising agreement with Electronic Arts
- Palm — Various patent licenses
- Starent Networks — International distribution agreements and licensing transactions
- State Street — Outsourcing of financial services functions for major mutual funds and institutions
Public Offerings and Rule 144A Placements
- Acme Packet — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $116,584,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Ciena — Public Offering of 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 — $300,000,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Globalstar — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $146,625,000 — Regulatory Counsel to Issuer
- Medtronic — Rule 144A Placement of 1.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011 and 1.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 — $4,400,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Optos — Initial Public Offering of Ordinary Shares — £50,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- SS&C Technologies — Exchange Offer for 11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 — $205,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Temenos Group — Public Offering of 1.5% Convertible Bonds due 2013 — CHF 132,500,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Watts Water Technologies — Public Offering of Common Stock — $230,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- World Energy Solutions — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $25,525,000 — Counsel to Issuer
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Akamai Technologies — acquisition of Nine Systems — $160,000,000
- Blackboard — acquisition of WebCT — $180,000,000
- Danaher — acquisition of Sybron Dental Specialties — $2,200,000,000 (co-counsel)
- Kronos — acquisition of Unicru — $150,000,000
- IMlogic — acquisition by Symantec — $90,000,000
- MatrixOne — acquisition by Dassault Systèmes — $408,000,000
- Red Hat — acquisition of JBoss — $420,000,000 (including earnout)
- RSA Security — acquisition by EMC — $2,300,000,000
- SkillSoft — acquisition of NETg from Thomson — $285,000,000*
- WebMD — acquisition of Subimo — $60,000,000
- WiderThan — acquisition by RealNetworks — $350,000,000
Selected 2006 Life Sciences Transactions (PDF Version)
Venture Capital and PIPEs Financings
- Adnexus Therapeutics — $27,000,00
- Aushon BioSystems — $7,800,000
- BioSphere Medical — $14,525,000
- Codon Devices — $20,000,000
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals — $41,000,000
- Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals — $25,000,000
- TransMedics — $29,750,000
- U3 Pharma — €27,000,000
- Xanthus Pharmaceuticals — $25,000,000
Strategic Alliances and Collaborations
- AVEO Pharmaceuticals — License from Kirin Brewery of clinical-stage cancer product
- Braintree Laboratories — License to Schering-Plough of MiraLAX® over-the-counter gastrointestinal products
- Bristol-Myers Squibb — Licensing advice for drug discovery and development agreements
- Cephalon — Licensing advice in connection with settlements of Provigil® generic patent infringement litigation
- Idera Pharmaceuticals — Collaboration with Merck to develop vaccines incorporating toll-like receptor agonists
- Infinity Pharmaceuticals — Alliance with MedImmune for novel small molecule cancer drugs
- Momenta Pharmaceuticals — Alliance with Sandoz to develop complex generic and follow-on biotechnology drugs
- Novartis — License by Novartis Pharma to Cerimon of Simulect® antibody for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
- PTC Therapeutics — Collaboration with Schering-Plough for the development of hepatitis C virus drugs
- Syntonix Pharmaceuticals — Strategic alliance with Biovitrum for long-acting hemophilia B product
- Ziopharm Oncology — Acquisition from Baxter Healthcare of clinical-stage anti-cancer agent program
Public Offerings and Rule 144A Placements
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $59,512,500 — Counsel to Issuer
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals — Public Offering of Common Stock — $148,350,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals — Public Offerings of Common Stock — $165,917,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Altus Pharmaceuticals — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $120,750,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals — Public Offering of Common Stock — $45,500,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Emergent BioSolutions — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $62,500,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Labopharm — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $101,200,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- LeMaitre Vascular — Initial Public Offering of Common Stock — $38,500,000 — Counsel to Underwriters
- Medtronic — Rule 144A Placement of 1.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011 and 1.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 — $4,400,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals — Public Offering of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011 — $250,000,000 — Counsel to Issuer
- NxStage Medical — Public Offering of Common Stock — $56,336,000 — Counsel to Issuer
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Becton Dickinson — Acquisition of GeneOhm Sciences — $230,000,000
- Domantis — Acquisition by GSK — £230,000,000
- GlycoFi — Acquisition by Merck — $400,000,000
- HMS Holdings — Acquisition of the Benefits Solutions Practice Area division of Public Consulting Group — $100,000,000
- IDX Systems — Acquisition by GE Healthcare — $1,200,000,000
- Infinity Pharmaceuticals — Acquisition of Discovery Partners — $162,500,000
- Lifeline Systems — Acquisition by Philips Electronics — $750,000,000
- PAREXEL International — Acquisition of California Clinical Trials Medical Group and Behavioral and Medical Research — $65,000,000
- Savient Pharmaceuticals — Sale of oral liquid pharmaceuticals business to Close Brothers Private Equity — $176,000,000
- Thermo Fisher Scientific — Acquisition of Cohesive Technologies — undisclosed
- WebMD — Acquisition of Subimo — $60,000,000
*pending