Winston & Strawn LLP has announced William ("Bill") X. Lang has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in the real estate practice. Mr. Lang, formerly a partner at Nixon Peabody, focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions and financing matters. His arrival adds depth to Winston & Strawn's real estate practice, which represents major domestic and international corporations, financial institutions, real estate funds, and other high-level market participants in connection with a wide range of investment, development, acquisition, and financing activities.

A multi-office team of attorneys with international law firm Greenberg Traurig represented Hard Rock International (HRCAF: US) in a $640 million financing transaction that closed May 14. The transaction is comprised of $350 million Senior Notes due 2021 and a $290 million Senior Secured Term Loan. The Notes were issued in a Rule 144A/Reg. S private offering.

Haynes and Boone, LLP Austin has welcomed David O’Brien as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) and Technology Transactions Section.

Sidley advised San Miguel Corporation (SMC) in its $800M overseas bond offering, which set a record as the largest U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bond issue out of the Philippines.

Recognizing the opportunity to expand to one of the fastest growing metro areas in the Southeast – Columbia, South Carolina, the law firm of Adams and Reese LLP has announced a merger with Ellis Lawhorne, effective June 1, 2013. With the addition of 23 attorneys in Columbia, Adams and Reese will have over 340 attorneys and advisors resident in 16 offices in seven states throughout the Southern United States and Washington, D.C.