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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Saturday June 22, 2024 ( 10 items )  

5 Attorneys in Foley Hoag's Paris Office Have Been Recognized in Best Lawyers in France 2024 Edition
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 22 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Best Lawyers is a peer review guide to the legal profession worldwide and publishes an annual list of peer-recommended French lawyers. Among those listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in France were firm attorneys: * Corentin Chevallier - Energy Law, Environmental Law, International Public Law * Carine Le Roy-Gleizes - Energy Law, Environmental Law * Diana Paraguacuto-Maheo - Arbitration and Mediation,  more

Cooley: Gamida Cell Completes International Restructuring
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 22 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Cooley advised long-time biotech client, Gamida Cell Ltd., and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gamida Cell Inc. (collectively, the "Company"), in the Company's global restructuring through a novel use of debt arrangement proceedings in Israel combined with Chapter 15 and 11 proceedings in the United States. Cooley partners Michael Klein, Erin Kirchner, Div Gupta, Daniel Goldberg, Mischi a Marca led the team ad  more

DataRobot Named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- DataRobot, an artificial intelligence that enhance business transactions and human interactions, issued the following news release: DataRobot, the enterprise AI platform, today announced it was named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning (DSML) Platforms./1 The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company's overall completeness of vision and ability to execute. "DataRobot revolutionized machine lear  more

DNV's Solar Asset Modeling Platform Solar Resource Compass Launches in Europe
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news on June 20, 2024: DNV today announced the expansion of its Solar Resource Compass (SRC) online software platform to include support for Europe, with additional regions to follow throughout 2024. Solar Resource Compass is a powerful software service that provides users with access to DNV's high-quality solar resource data and e  more

Draper's Kevin Burns Receives 2024 Boston CISO ORBIE Award
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 21 -- Draper issued the following news: Draper's Chief Information Security Officer, Kevin Burns, has been named a recipient of the 2024 BostonCISO ORBIE(R) Award in the Large Corporate category. The Boston CISO ORBIE Awards honor chief information security officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership, including their leadership and management effectiveness, the business value created by enterprise security, and engagement in industry and co  more

Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $12 Million in Grants for Trail Improvement Projects Across Massachusetts
HOLLISTON, Massachusetts, June 22 -- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced $12 million in funding to support 65 trail improvement projects across Massachusetts. The MassTrails Grant Program expands and links the state's networks of off-road, shared-use pathways and recreational trails through matching grants, technical assistance, and resources available to municipalities  more

Ropes & Gray Advises Frontier Communications on $750M Securitization Offering
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 22 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news on June 21, 2024: Ropes & Gray represented U.S. public telecommunications company Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. in connection with its second securitization of fiber network revenue term notes with a principal amount of $750 million. The term notes are rated by Fitch Ratings Inc., have an anticipated repayment date of 7 years and have a collective weighted average yield of approximately 7.4%. The tran  more

Ropes & Gray: Hamilton Lane Closes $5.6B Secondary Fund VI
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 22 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) in the closing of Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund VI with $5.6 billion in commitments, the firm's largest fund to date. The announcement was made in a June 18 press release. Fund VI exceeded its original $5 billion target with support from a diverse group of new and existing investors, including corporate and private pension funds, Taft-Hartley plans, sove  more

Ropes & Gray: Ionis Pharmaceuticals Expands Licensing Agreement With Otsuka in Asia-Pacific Region
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 22 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Ionis Pharmaceuticals in a license agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd under which Otsuka obtains exclusive rights across the Asia-Pacific region for donidalorsen, an investigational RNA-targeted prophylactic medicine for hereditary angioedema. This license agreement is an extension of the parties existing collaboration for donidalorsen in Europe. Ionis will maintain primary r  more

SPH Faculty and Students Honored by Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 22 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: The Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) has named Jaimie Gradus (SPH'09), professor of epidemiology, as the 2024 winner of the Carol J. Rowland Hogue Award for Outstanding Mid-Career Achievement, bestowed annually to "recognize a mid-career scientist who has made an exceptional contribution to the practice of epidemiology." Awardees are selected based on multiple factors that could inclu  more