Brent T. Epstein

On June 21, 2024, Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), a global leader in energy, water, smart city, IIoT, and intelligent infrastructure services, completed a private offering of US$805 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.375% convertible senior notes due 2030 to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, which included the exercise in full by the initial purchasers of their option to purchase an additional US$105 million aggregate principal amount of Notes. The offering size was increased from the previously announced offering size of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of Notes. Latham & Watkins LLP represented the initial purchasers in the offering with a capital markets team led by New York/Los Angeles partner Greg Rodgers, Los Angeles partner Arash Aminian Baghai, and Century City partner Brent Epstein, with associates Ryan Gold, Eric Finkelberg, and Dylan Shamoon. Advice was also provided on equity derivatives matters by New York partner Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani, with associates Shawn Noh and Sloan Ungerman; and on tax matters by New York partner Aaron Bernstein.~~

Jun 24

1 min

DFP Healthcare Acquisitions Corp, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Deerfield Management Company, L.P. (Deerfield) and Richard Barasch, a veteran healthcare public company executive and investor, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination with The Oncology Institute ( TOI or The Company), the US market leader in providing value-based oncology care. Following the business combination, DFP expects to be renamed The Oncology Institute and will remain listed on the NASDAQ stock market under new ticker symbol “TOI”. Latham & Watkins LLP represents The Oncology Institute with a corporate team led by Century City partner Steve Stokdyk, Los Angeles partner Brian Duff, Century City partner Brent Epstein, Century City counsel Adam Rachlis, with associates Kenneth Hagan, Grace Garcea, Catherine Shaw, Andrew Turk, and Celia Lown. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Bay Area partner Katharine Moir with associate Alan Kimball; on benefits and compensation matters by Chicago partner Robin Struve with associate Victoria Wolfe; on environmental matters by Los Angeles partner Aron Potash with associate Jen Garlock; on HSR matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jason Cruise and Washington, D.C. counsels Peter Todaro and Joseph Simei; on intellectual property matters by Los Angeles partner Ghaith Mahmood with associate Nathan Wages; on healthcare regulatory matters by Los Angeles counsel Jennifer Yoo with associates Yanyan Zhou and Leia Gu: and on data privacy matters by Bay Area counsel Heather Deixler.~~

Jun 29

1 min

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to making ribonucleic acid (RNA) products affordable and accessible for human health and agriculture, and Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, have agreed to a business combination that will result in GreenLight becoming a publicly-listed company. Latham & Watkins LLP represents Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp. in the transaction with a corporate team led by Los Angeles partners Steven Stokdyk and Brian Duff with associates Joseph Porter, Kenneth Hagan, Grace Garcea, Dylan Towns, Celia Lown, and Molly Wolfe. Advice was also provided on securities matters by Los Angeles partner Brent Epstein, tax matters by Los Angeles partner David Taub and Bay Area partner Katharine Moir with associates Vanessa King and Alan Kimball; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jason Cruise and Washington, D.C. counsels Peter Todaro and Joseph Simei; on environmental matters by Los Angeles counsel Aron Potash with associate Jennifer Garlock; on data privacy matters by Bay Area counsel Robert Blamires with associate Kiara Vaughn; on intellectual property matters by Los Angeles partner Ghaith Mahmood with associate Nicole Nour; and on FDA regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner Ben Haas with associate Seth Olson.~~

Aug 10

1 min

Avery Dennison announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Vestcom, a privately held market-leading provider of pricing and branded labeling solutions at the shelf-edge for retailers and consumer packaged goods companies, for US$1.45 billion in a cash transaction, subject to certain closing and post-closing adjustments. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Latham & Watkins LLP represents Avery Dennison in the acquisition with a corporate team led by Century City partner Steve Stokdyk and Los Angeles partner David Zaheer with associates Alidad Damooei, Ariel Gershoig, and Tyler Miller. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Los Angeles partner Larry Stein and Los Angeles counsel Will Kessler; on employee benefits and compensation matters by San Diego partner Holly Bauer and Chicago counsel Sandhya Chandrasekhar with associate Harrison Taylor; on intellectual property matters by Orange County counsel David Kuiper with associate Nathan Wages; on environmental matters by Los Angeles counsel Aron Potash with associate Jen Garlock; on real estate matters by Los Angeles partner Kim Boras; on antitrust matters Bay Area partner Joshua Holian and Washington, D.C. counsel Peter Todaro; on finance matters by Los Angeles partners Elizabeth Oh and Brent Epstein with associates Nathan Whitaker, Michael Jung, and Celia Lown; and on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Drew Levin and associate Harrison White.~~

Jul 29

1 min

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) and Cerner Corporation have jointly announced an agreement for Oracle to acquire Cerner through an all-cash tender offer for US$95.00 per share, or approximately US$28.3 billion in equity value. Cerner is a leading provider of digital information systems used within hospitals and health systems to enable medical professionals to deliver better healthcare to individual patients and communities. Latham & Watkins LLP represents Cerner in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Chicago partner Mark Gerstein, Century City partner James Beaubien, and Chicago partner Christopher Drewry, with associates Sean McDermott Parish, Aidan Milstead, and Jake Wasserman. Advice was also provided on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Amanda Reeves and Ian Conner and Brussels partner Hector Armengod; on benefits and compensation matters by Los Angeles partner Michelle Carpenter, with associate Vanessa King; on data privacy matters by Bay Area counsel Heather Deixler, with associate Heather Lui; on environmental matters by Los Angeles partner Maria Pilar Hoye and Los Angeles counsel Aron Potash; on FCPA matters by Chicago partner Meredith Monroe, with associate Joseph Grosser; on finance matters by Chicago partner Cindy Caillavet Sinclair, with associate Katherine Stork; on government contracts matters by Washington, D.C. counsels Dean Baxtresser and Kyle Jefcoat; on healthcare regulatory matters by Los Angeles partner Daniel Settelmayer, with associate Felicia Alexander; on intellectual property matters by Orange County partner David Kuiper, with associate Veronica Ye; on litigation matters by Orange County partner Michele Johnson and San Diego partner Colleen Smith; on real estate matters by Los Angeles partner Kim Boras; on securities matters by Century City partner Brent Epstein, with associate Andrew Rutsky; on tax matters by Bay Area partner Grace Lee, with associate Jake Meninga; and on trade controls and sanctions matters by Washington, D.C. associate Andrew Galdes.~~

Dec 20

1 min