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08.20.13

Three Manatt Partners Named Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers in America

Gordon Bava, Edward Burg and Kenneth Kaufman Identified as Standouts for 2014.Manatt's Gordon M. Bava, Edward C. Burg and Kenneth M. Kaufman have been named "Lawyers of the Year" for 2014 by Best Lawyers in America. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated ...


06.24.13

Daily Journal Interviews Manatt Division Chair on Increase of China-U.S. M&A Deals

Daily Journal Interviews Manatt Division Chair on Increase of China-U.S. M&A Deals"Lawyers Help China-U.S. Deals Navigate Oversight"Daily JournalJune 24, 2013—The Daily Journal interviewed Manatt's Gordon Bava, chair of the firm's Business, Finance and Tax Division, for ...


06.11.13

U.S.-China M&A Activity to Increase In Entertainment, Advertising, and Digital Media Sectors

Manatt Survey Reveals Divergent Expectations for U.S.-China Relationship, Likely to Affect Deal MakingLOS ANGELES, CA—June 11, 2013—Investment and M&A activity between the U.S. and China in the entertainment, advertising and digital media sectors will increase over the next 12 ...


08.23.12

Best Lawyers in America Includes 63 Manatt Attorneys for 2013

Best Lawyers named 63 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, attorneys to its 2013 Best Lawyers in America list. The annual list of leading attorneys is based on a rigorous national peer-review survey involving more than 4 million evaluations.Representing a broad spectrum of 35 ...


07.04.12

Manatt Division Chair Interviewed on International Bank M&A

Bank Director interviewed Manatt’s Gordon Bava, chair of the firm’s Business, Finance & Tax Division, on whether he thinks foreign acquisitions of United States banks will increase over the next several years.Bank Director reports that in May the Federal Reserve approved the ...


10.10.11

LABJ Recognizes Manatt Partners as Top M&A Attorneys

Manatt partners Gordon M. Bava and David M. Grinberg have been recognized as two of the city’s Top 40 M&A Lawyers in the October 10 Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Who’s Who in L.A. Law” report. For 2011, the annual report focused exclusively on ...


09.06.11

Best Lawyers Recognizes Manatt Attorneys as Nation’s Leading Lawyers for 2012

The Best Lawyers in America recognized 56 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, attorneys for inclusion in its list of America’s leading lawyers for 2012. Best Lawyers compiles its list of outstanding attorneys through a rigorous peer-review process, which this year included more than 3.9 ...


12.29.10

Manatt Advises Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in the Acquisition of Sucampo AG

Manatt represented Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP) in the acquisition of Sucampo AG, a Swiss-based patent-holding company and its whollyowned subsidiary, Sucampo AG Japan (SAGJ), a patent maintenance company, from the cofounders and majority shareholders of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, ...


08.04.10

Best Lawyers Recognizes 58 Manatt Lawyers Among Nation’s Leading Lawyers for 2011

Best Lawyers in America recently recognized 58 Manatt attorneys among their lists of America’s leading lawyers for 2011. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys through a peer-review process, which this year included more than 3.1 million detailed evaluations.Representing a ...