Finn Dixon & Herling LLP

 

Recent Transactions

Transactions in which our firm has been lead counsel for our clients include:

• Representation of The Applied Biosystems Group of Applera, Inc. in connection with its strategic investment in VisiGen Biotechnologies, Inc., a DNA sequencing technology company. The Applied Biosystems Group, one of two operating groups of Applera Corporation and publicy traded on the NYSE, serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software and services.
• Representation of The CBORD Group, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Student Advantage, LLC, one of the nation's largest student discount programs. CBORD is one of the world's largest supplier of foodservice software, nutrition service software, campus-wide ID card programs, cashless dining and housing management systems.
• Representation of lead investor in $75,000,000 Series C financing by Nanosolar, Inc., a Palo Alto, California-based company involved in photovoltaic solar electricity technology.
• Representation of Oak Investment Partners in connection with a €17,000,000 Series B Preferred Stock investment in NemeriX SA. NemeriX, based in Manno, Switzerland, is a fabless semiconductor company developing ultra low power RF and baseband solutions for GPS (Global Positioning System) and wireless markets.
• Representation of Spine Wave, Inc. in connection with $36,000,000 Series C Preferred Stock financing. Spine Wave develops and delivers technologies and products to assist physicians in the fields of vertebroplasty and vertebral repair and spinal nucleus replacement, augmentation and repair.
• Representation of The Applied Biosystems Group of Applera, Inc. in connection with its strategic investment in VisiGen Biotechnologies, Inc., a DNA sequencing technology company. The Applied Biosystems Group, one of two operating groups of Applera Corporation and publicy traded on the NYSE, serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software and services.
• Representation of The CBORD Group, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Student Advantage, LLC, one of the nation's largest student discount programs. CBORD is one of the world's largest supplier of foodservice software, nutrition service software, campus-wide ID card programs, cashless dining and housing management systems.
• Representation of lead investor in $75,000,000 Series C financing by Nanosolar, Inc., a Palo Alto, California-based company involved in photovoltaic solar electricity technology.
• Representation of Oak Investment Partners in connection with a €17,000,000 Series B Preferred Stock investment in NemeriX SA. NemeriX, based in Manno, Switzerland, is a fabless semiconductor company developing ultra low power RF and baseband solutions for GPS (Global Positioning System) and wireless markets.
• Represented lead investor in $15,000,000 preferred stock round of financing for Alveolus, Inc., a Charlotte, North Carolina-based company engaged in the development of non-vascular stenting technologies.