BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Locke Lord, a law firm, issued the following news release: Andrea L. Martin has joined Locke Lord's Boston office as a Partner in the Firm's Litigation Practice Group. With a broad range of dispute resolution capabilities, Martin expands the Firm's service offerings across the Northeast and nationally. Martin, who joins Locke Lord from Burns & Levinson, served as general counsel and co-chair of its business litigation and dispute litigation group. She has been   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: Mayor Wu announced the appointment of Carleton Jones as the Executive Director of the Public Facilities Department (PFD) and Rohn MacNulty as Deputy Director. Carleton succeeds Kerrie Griffin who served as Executive Director from February 2021 until May 31, 2024. PFD supports other City of Boston departments in the planning, design, construction, and major renovations of City-owned buildings. Under Director Gri  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP announced that partner Amy Baker Mandragouras has been named Co-Chair of its nationally recognized Life Sciences Industry Group. Mandragouras joins current Co-Chair, Jeffrey Quillen, in overseeing the direction of the group and its attorneys, who help clients navigate issues associated with the development, commercialization, and protection of products and services across the entire life sciences   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expands its Intellectual Property (IP) & Technology Practice with the addition of Michael J. Attisha, Ph.D., as of counsel in Boston. With a Ph.D. in physics, Attisha focuses much of his practice on quantum technologies and the nuclear physics space. Attisha also has counseled clients for many years in the additive fabrication (3D printing) space. Attisha al  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Highway Division is announcing the launch of a new community grants portal named Grant Central. The portal will be a hub of information and resources about MassDOT grants available to all 351 communities in Massachusetts. It will include information about how to apply for funding, how municipalities will be reimbursed, how ap  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Chair of the alternative asset opportunities group, Isabel Dische, and co-heads of the sponsor solutions group, Debra Lussier and Paul Van Houten, spoke with Buyouts Insider for their special issue on secondaries. "LP-led dealflow is fairly strong. There are still some investors looking to rebalance their portfolios for denominator effect reasons, but we are also seeing a number of large investors using sec  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray has developed an interactive state privacy law tracker to help clients stay up to date with developing comprehensive state privacy laws. "The rapidly evolving regulatory enforcement activity is evidence of an increased focus on sensitive personal data and health data privacy, imposing new obligations on AdTech, and reshaping the regulatory landscape across industries," said data, privacy, and c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Adaptimmune Therapeutics in a clinical collaboration agreement with Galapagos NV with an option to exclusively license Adaptimmune's next-generation engineered T-cell receptor (TCR) T-cell therapy, called uza-cel, targeting certain head and neck cancer and potential future solid tumor indications using Galapagos' decentralized cell manufacturing platform. The transaction was announced on  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Becton, Dickinson and Company, BD, in a definitive agreement to acquire Edwards Lifesciences' Critical Care product group, a leader in advanced hemodynamic monitoring solutions, for $4.2 billion in cash. The transaction was announced in a June 3 press release. The complementary acquisition will expand BD's portfolio of smart connected care solutions with a broad set of hemodynamic m  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented LPL Holdings, Inc. in an investment grade bond offering totaling $1 billion completed on May 20. The company offered $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.700% Senior Notes due 2027 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2034. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offerings for general corporate purposes and to finance the acquis  more