Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 23 of its attorneys from six offices have been named 2019 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers®.

Perkins Coie’s represented Zillow Group, Inc., which houses a portfolio of the largest real estate and home-related brands on mobile and the web, in concurrent underwritten public offerings of 6,557,017 shares of its Class C capital stock at a price to the public of $57 per share and $373.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.50% convertible senior notes due 2023.

Perkins Coie represented InfoSonics Corporation, a manufacturer and provider of wireless handsets, tablets and related products to carriers, distributors and retailers, in the completion of its merger transaction with Cooltech Holding Corp., an Apple licensed partner and reseller that operates as a vertically integrated company combining a diverse distribution business with a growing retail footprint under its OneClick branded stores. The transaction was originally announced on July 26, 2017.

Perkins Coie represented Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. in its $120 million public offering of 8.875% Series E Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units.

Perkins Coie represented Teekay Corporation in its concurrent $97.5 million public offering of common stock and Rule 144A offering of $125 million aggregate principal amount of 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023.

Perkins Coie represented Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems, and service provider of aftermarket support, in its acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences, a world-class innovator, developer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace platforms and autonomous systems.

Perkins Coie represented Ardmore Shipping Corporation (NYSE: ASC) in a public offering of 5.6 million common shares by Ardmore’s largest shareholder, GA Holdings LLC, and Ardmore’s concurrent purchases of over 1.4 million shares from the underwriters and GA Holdings LLC.

Perkins Coie represented Onvia, the leading provider of sales intelligence and acceleration technologies for businesses selling to the public sector, in its acquisition by Deltek, the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for government contractors, professional services firms and other project-based businesses.

Perkins Coie represented Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE:TGP) in its $172.5 million public offering of 8.5% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units.

Perkins Coie represented Potlatch Corporation (NASDAQ:PCH), real estate investment trust with approximately 1.4 million acres of timberland in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota and Mississippi, in its all-stock definitive merger agreement with Deltic Timber Corporation (NYSE:DEL), a natural resources company focused on the efficient and environmentally responsible management of its land holdings, to create a leading domestic timberland owner and top-tier lumber manufacturer.

Perkins Coie represented Seaspan Corporation in its $80 million public offering of 7.125% senior unsecured notes due 2027. Seaspan is the world’s leading independent containership owner and manager, providing many of the major shipping lines with creative outsourcing alternatives to vessel ownership by offering long-term leases on large, modern containerships combined with industry-leading ship management services.

Perkins Coie represented Hark Capital in the final close of its second fund, Hark II, with $203 million of commitments.

Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 281 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers In America®.

Perkins Coie represented Molson Coors Brewing Company in the public offering of $2.6 billion of shares of its Class B Common Stock which was named 2016 Deal of the Year by The International Financing Review.

Perkins Coie LLP represented PitchBook Data in its acquisition by Morningstar, Inc.

Perkins Coie represented Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., a North American mining company, in its acquisition by Centerra Gold Inc., a Canadian-based gold mining company, for approximately $1.1 billion.

Perkins Coie acted as outside counsel to Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, in its agreement to sell its liquid packaging board business to Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., a Japanese paper manufacturing company, for $285 million in cash.

Perkins Coie represented RangeMe, innovators of an online platform designed for retail buyers that manages proposals from worldwide suppliers across multiple categories to find and compare thousands of products from all over the world, in securing $4 million in funding for expanding its operations in the Unites States.

Perkins Coie represented Cascade Microtech, Inc. in its acquisition by FormFactor, Inc.

Perkins Coie represented Magic Leap, Inc. in securing $793.5 million in new funding. The funding round was led by the Alibaba Group.

Perkins Coie represented Molson Coors Brewing Company, a leading global brewer delivering extraordinary brands that delight the world's beer drinkers, in its public offering of $2.5 billion of shares of its Class B Common Stock.

Perkins Coie represented TalentWise, a leading cloud solutions provider for the Human Capital Management industry for background screening, in its merger with SterlingBackcheck, one of the world’s largest background screening companies.

Perkins Coie represented UploadVR, Inc. a provider of information related to virtual reality (VR) topics including news, articles, events and reviews and interviews on VR topics such as hardware, entertainment, gaming and industry, in securing $1.25 million in funding from Shanda Group, a private investment group which seeks global opportunities that offer business growth or unique breakthrough potential.

Perkins Coie represented Nimes Capital, the private investment arm of Nazarian Enterprises led by David Nazarian, in its acquisition of Togo’s Holdings, LLC, the franchisor of Togo’s “West Coast Original” sandwich shops, known for their Big, Fresh, Meaty, made to order sandwiches.

Perkins Coie represented Planar Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLNR), a global leader in display and digital signage technology, in its acquisition by Leyard American Corporation, a subsidiary of Leyard Optoelectronic Co., Ltd., which designs, produces, and distributes a range of LED display products and its ancillary systems.

Perkins Coie represented client Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:BEE), a real estate investment trust (REIT) which owns and provides value enhancing asset management of high-end hotels and resorts in the United States and Europe, in a $750 million unsecured term loan and revolving credit facility with an accordion feature allowing for additional borrowing capacity up to $250 million.

Perkins Coie represented RootMetrics, a leading mobile networks analytics firm that offers insights into the mobile user experience, in its acquisition by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of insight, analytics and expertise in critical areas that shape today’s business landscape.

Perkins Coie attorneys represented Zillow, Inc., which operates the leading real estate and home-related information marketplaces on mobile and the Web, in the close of its previously announced acquisition of Trulia, Inc., a provider of mobile and web products for homebuyers, sellers and renters, for $2.5 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction.

Perkins Coie announced that 21 associates, counsel and senior counsel have been promoted to partner. “The members of Perkins Coie's 2015 partner class are talented, hard-working attorneys who embody the national strength and forward-looking growth of our firm,” said John Devaney, Perkins Coie's Firmwide Managing Partner.

Perkins Coie represented client TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TQNT), a leading radio frequency (RF) solutions supplier and technology innovator, in the close of its merger-of-equals with RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance RF solutions.

Perkins Coie represented Scene, LLC dba Ookla, a leading provider of broadband and mobile speed testing, in its acquisition by Ziff Davis, LLC, a leading digital media company in the technology, gaming and men’s lifestyle categories.

Perkins Coie represented Penford Corporation (Nasdaq: PENX), a leader in ingredient systems for food and industrial markets, as counsel in its $340 million acquisition by Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR), a leading global ingredients solutions provider specializing in nature-based sweeteners, starches and nutrition ingredients.

Perkins Coie represented Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT), the entertainment and marketing industries’ premier provider of worldwide consumer viewership information, in connection with its $98 million acquisition of the U.S. television measurement business of WPP’s Kantar business unit and related $56 million private placement of Rentrak’s common stock.

Perkins Coie represents Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq “MSFT”) as U.S. counsel and primary intellectual property counsel in connection with its $2.5 billion acquisition of the Stockholm-based game developer Mojang, the creator of the “Minecraft” video game franchise.

Perkins Coie represented client Key Tronic Corporation (Nasdaq: KTCC), a provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS), in its acquisition of CDR Manufacturing, Inc. (dba Ayrshire Electronics), a provider of printed circuit board assembly and other EMS services, for $46.9 million in cash.

Perkins Coie represented client Pacific Crest Securities, the premier investment bank for technology, in its sale to KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies.

Perkins Coie represented Avvo, Inc., the web’s largest legal marketplace for consumers and attorneys, in its $37.5 million series D preferred stock financing led by the hedge fund Coatue Management.

Perkins Coie provided U.S. securities advice to  Tanker Investments Ltd. (TIL) for its $175 million Norwegian initial public offering, which included equity private placements and a concurrent listing of TIL’s common shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Perkins Coie represented client Bully Dog Technologies, a developer of full-featured automotive calibration solutions for the truck aftermarket, in its merger with SCT Holdings, the leading software company focused on improving fuel efficiency and increasing vehicles performance.

Perkins Coie represented client Outerwall Inc. (Nasdaq: OUTR), the company behind Redbox ®, Coinstar ® and ecoATM ® kiosks, in its purchase of $370 million of the company's common stock through a modified “Dutch auction” tender offer.

Perkins Coie represented client TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TQNT), a leading radio frequency (RF) solutions supplier and technology innovator, in its merger with RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency (RF) solutions.  The all-stock transaction creates a company with combined revenue of more than $2 billion.

Perkins Coie represented client Emeritus Senior Living (NYSC: ESC), the nation’s largest assisted living and memory care provider, in its merger with Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), a leading owner and operator of senior living communities, to create the only national senior living solutions company.

Perkins Coie represented client Chromatin, Inc., an agriculture technology company that develops sorghum for both traditional agriculture markets and for uses in new applications, in the closing of a $36 million Series E financing.  The funding will support additional expansion and accelerate product development and differentiation for sales in both the U.S. and international markets.