LOS ANGELES – August 15, 2007 – Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP (JMBM), one of California’s foremost full-service law firms, today announced that it closed a 5.9 million-square-foot real estate transaction for its client, Arden Realty Limited Partnership, from affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Acquisitions V LLC. The portfolio of office buildings in the […]
Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon Dr. Gary K. Michelson, who revolutionized spinal fusion surgery with the invention of spinal fusion implant technology, and his company, obtained a jury trial verdict against Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. in litigation involving contract claims and patent rights. In a three-month long jury trial, Dr. Michelson’s legal team secured a total […]
JMBM represented Phoenix American Incorporated in a two-week trial obtaining a declaratory judgment that it was not the successor-in-interest to an acquired company and therefore was not liable for the company’s debts; successfully defended the cross-complaint that claimed the transfer of assets from the acquired company was a fraudulent transfer and that Phoenix American Incorporated […]
On behalf of its client, CMR Mortgage Fund, LLC (CMR), of San Francisco, California, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP (JMBM), a California full-service law firm with expertise in complex real estate sales, financings, work-outs, and bankruptcies, has closed a nearly $100 million loan to Halekua Development Corporation (Halekua), an out-of-possession debtor in a Chapter […]
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory v. Chimei Innolux, et al. (C.D. Cal. 2012) Represented Chimei Innolux, Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Acer, Viewsonic and Vizio in patent litigation relating to the manufacture of liquid crystal displays. EMG Technology, LLC v. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. et al. (E.D. Tex. 2010) Represented EMG in patent litigation relating to, among other […]
JMBM attorneys represented EZ Lube and its shareholders in its recent recapitalization – which included a sale of a significant portion of the EZ Lube’s owners’ equity position to an affiliate of Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co, a New York-based buyout firm, plus a $105 million refinancing of EZ Lube with GSO Capital Partners and […]
On June 5, 2006, JMBM scored a significant victory for the firm’s client, CEMEX, Inc., when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published opinion in Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and CEMEX, Inc. 450 F.3d 930 (9th Cir. 2006). The Center’s lawsuit challenged authorizations by the Service […]
Our attorneys negotiated, documented and closed a $258 million construction loan and mezzanine financing transactions for the development and construction of a major hotel and condominium complex and related facilities in Hollywood, California.
On behalf of the lender, JMBM is lead land use counsel involved in preserving, enhancing and protecting the land use entitlements and regulatory approvals for a number of large master planned community development projects that have gone through foreclosure.
Recently, JMBM’s lawyers brought a timely end to a disputed loan by filing and confirming a creditor plan that resulted in transfer of the asset to our creditor client.
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