Paul Tauber and Jeffry Bernstein represented the digital design darling, 17Feet Inc., in the acquisition of certain of its assets by Google. Inc. 17Feet partners with companies of all sizes to help move digital products forward through design, user experience, strategy and project management.  The talented company was honored at the 2012 Horizon Interactive Awards, a prestigious international competition, where it garnered international accolades for its outstanding achievement among interactive media producers.  Awards included work for Simraceway, Pac-12 Network, Work.com, Slashdot Mobile Web, and nonprofits California Budget Challenge and ACLU.  Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Congratulations to Coblentz attorneys Jeffry Bernstein, Fred Fields, Misti Schmidt and Daniel Vermillion, who were recognized by the San Francisco Bar Association at a reception honoring the top 10 percent of the Justice & Diversity Center’s Pro Bono Legal Services Program volunteers.

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Coblentz is recognized as a California “Top Ranked Law Firm” for the number of its attorneys who have achieved the AV® Preeminent rating™. More than half of Coblentz’s partners have earned an AV Preeminent® rating. Out of nearly 43,000 firms considered, Coblentz is one of only 222 firms recognized. California’s Top Ranked Law Firms™ is found in The Wall Street Journal and The Recorder, as well as The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, and The National Law Journal, and LAW.COM.

Coblentz’s Business Chair, Paul Tauber, represented Tradar Limited in its acquisition by Eze Software Group, an independent provider of global, multi-asset class investment technology backed by leading global private investment firm, TPG.  Tradar specializes in accounting and portfolio management software for hedge funds and other asset managers and will be part of the Eze Software Group.  Eze Software Group offers investment management software products from front office to back office with a fully integrated global platform.  Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. DAC Beachcroft LLP served as UK counsel for Tradar in this cross border transaction.

Coblentz partner Phil Feldman is featured in “When Clients Give Back” – an Advisor’s Guide to partnering with the Marin Community Foundation.

Euromoney Legal Media Group, a UK publication, will host its award ceremony on June 5th in New York to recognize the best lawyer in each practice area. Pamela Duffy was selected to this short list for national recognition in Real Estate and joins a group of distinguished women from the firms of Cleary Gottlieb, Jones Day, Fulbright & Jaworski and Paul Weiss.

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Congratulations to Coblentz clients’ projects recognized in the following categories:

Winner, Rehab and Renovation: The Exploratorium
Winner, Office Lease, Suburban: PG&E
Winner, Health: Sutter Eden Medical Center
Finalist, Office Lease, Suburban: SuccessFactor
Finalist, Office Sale, San Francisco: 680 Folsom
Finalist, Bargain: Flynn Properties
Finalist, Land: Bay Meadows

Click here to see the full list of winners and finalists and their categories recognized in the San Francisco Business Times Real Estate Deals of the Year Awards.

Corporate partner Paul Tauber represented Atlanta-based Kabbage Inc. in securing a $75 million credit facility from Victory Park Capital and Thomvest Ventures. Kabbage Inc. is the leading online provider of small business financing. Following a successful Series C round of financing in September when it raised $30 million, the additional credit enables Kabbage Inc. to continue to provide growth and working capital to businesses that sell products online. Click here to read the featured article from Forbes.

NEW YORK; January 15, 2013 – On the evening of January 15th, leading practitioners joined Chambers & Partners at the Harvard Club in New York City to recognize the most outstanding performances by female lawyers over the past year. In an unprecedented accomplishment, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass is proud to announce that Pamela Duffy has again received national recognition as the “Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” from Chambers and Partners USA Women in Law Awards, the most comprehensive national awards for female lawyers in the USA. Chambers and Partners is the internationally renowned publisher of the world’s leading guides to the legal profession. Chambers’ Women in Law Awards assembles the women stars of the U.S. legal community who have been consistently ranked as top lawyers by Chambers and Partners for many years.

“I would like to congratulate all of the outstanding nominees. I’d also like to congratulate Chambers, on its tremendous leadership in recognizing the extraordinary women lawyers in this country and throughout the world. The nominees are all superb lawyers; they would be on any list – gender-based or otherwise – of the most important contributors to the state of the law. They are also critical leaders in advancing fairness and equality under the law. I am honored to be in such company,” said Pamela Duffy.

Pamela Duffy was awarded “Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” for the second consecutive year for her exemplary professional achievements along with her commitment to furthering the advancement of women in the law and her support of her community. The “Lawyer of the Year” award is given to the top women lawyers in each chosen practice area of the legal profession; women who have also helped pave the way for women in law to succeed. We congratulate Pam on this tremendous and well-deserved second recognition.

In an article published by San Francisco Business Times, Developer MacFarlane Partners purchased the last remaining site in San Francisco’s Mid-Market. The Coblentz Real Estate Practice counseled MacFarlane Partners on the entitlements.

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