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Washington – December 16, 2019: Crowell & Moring advised Humana Inc. on its proposed acquisition of Enclara Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest hospice pharmacy and benefit management providers, from Consonance Capital Partners. The Enclara acquisition provides Humana with the opportunity to extend its comprehensive care continuum strategy to cover the pharmacy-related needs associated with hospice care, simplify the mail order pharmacy experience, and advance its technology stack for in-home pharmacy through areas such as enhanced mobile medication management and improved electronic medical record (EMR) connectivity.

New York – November 26, 2019: Crowell & Moring advised GigCapital, Inc. on its business combination with Kaleyra S.p.A., a rapidly growing cloud communications software provider delivering secure application programming interfaces and connectivity solutions in the API/Communications Platform as a Service market.

Washington – September 20, 2019: Super Lawyers has recognized 82 Crowell & Moring lawyers as leaders in their field in Southern California, Northern California, New York Metro, and Washington, D.C. The lawyers listed below were named in the corresponding issues of 2019 Super Lawyers Magazine, the Super Lawyers 2019 "Rising Stars" Edition, or the Super Lawyers 2019 Women’s Edition. Lawyers were identified through a peer nomination process and listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected.Los Angeles (Southern California)

Washington, November 21, 2018: Novume Solutions, Inc., a holding company of leading professional services and technology firms, entered into a definitive agreement effective November 14, 2018, where Novume will acquire the business of OpenALPR Technology, Inc. for cash; an option to purchase restricted stock of Novume; and Novume’s assumption of certain liabilities of OpenALPR.

Washington – June 27, 2018: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two industry awards for its role in handling the world’s largest blockchain investment to date: The Deal’s “Most Innovative Deal of the Year” and the Association for Corporate Growth and the M&A Advisor’s “Deal of the Year” in the financial services category. The firm was selected for shepherding a landmark FinTech deal last year in which more than 40 global banks, among others, invested $107 million in R3, a recently formed blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) company.

Washington – October 31, 2017: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers has recognized 79 firm lawyers as leaders in their field in Southern California, Northern California, New York, and Washington, D.C. The firm’s lawyers listed below were named in Super Lawyers 2017, the Super Lawyers 2017 "Rising Stars" Edition or the Super Lawyers 2017 Women’s Edition. Lawyers were identified through a peer nomination process and listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected.

Washington, May 23, 2017 – Financial technology innovator R3 has completed the first two of three tranches in its Series A fundraising round, securing $107 million in the world’s largest investment in distributed ledger technology (DLT) to date. R3 is the largest consortium of global financial institutions collaborating to develop a platform and commercial applications for financial services on DLT.

San Francisco – February 21, 2017: UniPixel, Inc., a company that develops and markets performance engineered films for the touch screen and flexible electronics markets, today announced the closing of its public offering of 10,530,000 units, comprised of common shares and warrants. Each unit consists of one share of UniPixel common stock, par value $0.001 per share, priced at $0.95 per share, and warrants to purchase 0.45 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, exercisable for a period of five years from the date of the closing of the offering.

New York – November 21, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is proud to announce that the Lawyers Alliance for New York has honored partner Paul J. Pollock with its 2016 Cornerstone Award. This recognition honors organizations and individuals whose exceptional pro bono efforts have helped nonprofit and community development organizations improve the quality of life for thousands of low-income New Yorkers.

Washington, D.C. – April 3, 2014: Crowell & Moring represented Judith Ripka and affiliated companies, in connection with the sale of the Judith Ripka brand name and intellectual property to XCel Brands for nearly $23 million. Judith Ripka Companies, Inc. designs and sells fine jewelry. Ms. Ripka, the named owner of Judith Ripka Companies, Inc., will remain the brand's chief designer. Additionally, the Judith Ripka brand name will be licensed back to a Ripka owned entity for purposes of operating its fine jewelry retail stores boutiques and manufacturing jewelry. The opportunity for Xcel is to license out the Judith Ripka brand name, which has never been extended beyond jewelry, to other entities for the production of handbags, eyewear, fragrance, watches, footwear and bridal, among other items.

Washington, D.C. – May 16, 2011: In a response to new opportunities in the deal market, Crowell & Moring LLP has bolstered its Corporate Group with the addition of two partners to the firm's New York and San Francisco offices. Paul J. Pollock, who concentrates his practice on middle-market private equity, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance, joins the firm's New York office from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Jeffrey C. Selman, who joins Crowell & Moring's San Francisco office from Nixon Peabody LLP, is a transactional lawyer who focuses his practice on advising emerging and middle-market public and private technology and life sciences companies and investors.