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Investments

Feb. 3, 2012

Facebook files to go public

Facebook Inc. finally pulled the trigger on one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings in recent memory, with Fenwick & West advising the social networking site in its attempt to raise $5 billion.


By Robert Pierce


Daily Journal Staff Writer


PALO ALTO - Facebook Inc. finally pulled the trigger on one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings in recent memory, with Fenwick & West LLP advising the social networking site in its attempt to raise $5 billion.


Facebook filed for its IPO on Wednesday - the largest one ever for an Internet company. Mountain View partners Gordon K. Davidson and Jeffrey R. Vetter and Seattle assoc...

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