Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC, a full-service national law firm, today announced that Michael A. Montgomery, a trial attorney with more than 15 years of experience handling a wide array of commercial litigation matters, has joined the firm in Richmond as a Member (partner).
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Allen & Overy Advises ING on USD1.7bn Sale of Korean Life Insurance Business to MBK Partners
Allen & Overy has advised ING Group on the KRW1.84 trillion (approximately USD1.7bn) sale of its South Korean life insurance business, ING Life Korea, to private equity firm MBK Partners, South Korea’s largest private equity group.
Tags: Allen & Overy LLP | Hong KongAllen & Overy Advises on USD90m Loan Facility to China Singyes Solar
Allen & Overy has advised Dutch development bank Nederlanse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), as part of a consortium comprising Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Korean banks, on a USD90 million loan facility (subject to the exercise of a greenshoe option) to China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings (Singyes).
Tags: Allen & Overy LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings Represents Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company In $175 Million Offering Of Senior Notes
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company, a closed-end investment company (the “Company”), in a $175 million offering of floating rate senior notes (the “Series HH Senior Notes”) to qualified institutional buyers in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. The Series HH Senior Notes mature on August 19, 2016 and pay interest at a rate of 3-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum. The transaction closed on August 22, 2013.
Tags: Paul Hastings LLPVedder Price Welcomes Former Holland & Knight Partner
Vedder Price is pleased to announce that Robert C. MacKichan, Jr. has joined the firm’s Government Contracts practice today as Shareholder in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
Tags: Holland & Knight LLPHerbert Smith Freehills Advises Catalyst on the NZ$350 Million Sale of the EziBuy Group to Woolworths
Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Catalyst Investment Managers and the founder and management shareholders of EziBuy in connection with the sale of the EziBuy Group to Woolworths, EziBuy is a leading multi-channel retailer of apparel and home décor in Australia and New Zealand.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLPDacheng Launches Is Mongolian Office
On November 7 2012, a proposal to set up an office in Mongolia was approved at the forty-eighth gathering of Dacheng management committee, which also designated senior partner Lu Hada to lead and coordinate the establishment of the office. After months of intense preparation, Dacheng Mongolian Office, registered No. 9011256017, was officially launched on May 20, 2013. The newly established office is located at 7/F Peace Mansion, No.54 Peace Road, Chingeltei District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Kennedys to Merge with Simpson & Marwick
We are very pleased to announce that Kennedys is merging with leading Scottish law firm Simpson & Marwick. The merger is expected to go live on 1 November 2013.
Dallas office fo Phelps Dunbar
New Orleans-based Phelps and Dunbar, a firm with a 150+ year history in the South, has expanded into Dallas. The move continues the pattern of expansion the firm has established over the past 30 years and is the 11th office location.
Tags: Phelps Dunbar, LLP | DallasCassandra Mott Recruited by Thompson & Knight in Houston
Cassandra Mott has been hired by international law firm Thompson & Knight, according to a press release this week. The partner will join the firm’s Houston finance practice group.
Tags: Thompson & Knight LLP | Houston