Media Coverage
Source: The Deal Pipeline, Law360, The Recorder, Daily Journal
Media Coverage
04.02.15
Teams of Pillsbury lawyers across practices and offices have recently represented clients in deals spanning the foodservice, banking, technology, manufacturing, and real estate sectors.
Zensho America Corp. will sell Catalina Restaurant Group Inc., the parent company of restaurant chains Coco’s Bakery and Carrows, to an affiliate of Food Management Partners. The deal is expected to close March 31. Corporate & Securities partners Christopher H. Patay and Edward A. Perron led the Pillsbury team. Support came from partners William S. Waller, Sheryl E. Stein, Dana Proud Newman and JiJi Park, counsel Didi Chow, Matthew F. Burke, senior associates Jeffrey A. Kiburtz and Taisuke Kimoto and associates Daniel Raisin, Michael S. Horikawa and Karen Chen. The team also included partner Mark Jones, partners Bruce W. McDiarmid and Michael P. Heuga and associate Theresa H. Lee.
A group of California-based lawyers represented Bridge Capital Holdings as it sold for $425 million to Western Alliance Bancorp. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015, when Bridge Bank will merge with Western Alliance Bank. Corporate & Securities partner Patricia Young led the Pillsbury team, which included partners Rodney Peck, Cindy Schlaefer and Mark Jones along with senior associate Amber Ward and associate Brian Scaccia.
Also out of the firm’s California offices:
San Diego partner Christian Salaman and San Francisco associate David Ajalat advised Chattanooga, Tenn.-based startup Feetz Inc. as it completed a $1 million seed funding round. The funding will allow the company to begin delivery of its 3D-printed customer footwear to customers. Feetz was recently recognized as a finalist at the SXSW Accelerator Awards, which recognizes innovative startup concepts.
Corporate & Securities partners Heidi Mayon and Alan Kalin handled a March 4 offering of 14,375,000 shares of common stock for Silicon Valley semiconductor maker MoSys Inc. The company has said it will use the approximately $21.3 million in proceeds from the offering for general business purposes.
Additionally, Pillsbury lawyers advised retail real-estate investment firm Federal Realty Investment Trust in its $200 million note offering announced March 12.