Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome back partner Bill Cobb. Mr. Cobb practices in the Litigation and Insurance groups in the Austin office.

Baker Hostetler announced today that R. Scott Feldmann has joined the firm's Intellectual Property Group as a Partner in its Costa Mesa office. He comes to Baker Hostetler from Crowell & Moring LLP.

Hogan Lovells announced today that a team of its lawyers negotiated a $2 billion hospital merger in Colorado, one of the largest non-profit transactions in recent years. The new “University of Colorado Health” corporation will include Hogan Lovells client University of Colorado Hospital, along with Poudre Valley Hospital and Medical Center of the Rockies.

Davis Polk advised Corel Corporation on its acquisition of the Roxio business from Rovi Corporation. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Davis Polk advised Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. in connection with its debut global offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due 2017. The notes were issued by Grupo Aval’s wholly owned finance subsidiary, Grupo Aval Limited, and guaranteed by Grupo Aval. The notes were offered pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933.

Global law firm White & Case LLP is advising Outokumpu Oyj, a leading stainless steel producer based in Finland, on its acquisition of Inoxum, the stainless steel unit of German company ThyssenKrupp, valued at €2.7 billion.

The Moscow office of Gide Loyrette Nouel (GLN) acted as an advisor to Rusmolco, a Russian dairy company, on a major investment project between Rusmolco and the Singapore company Olam International, the largest in the field of dairy cattle husbandry and plant growing. The project involves Olam International investing in the share capital of Rusmolco. It is planned that before 2015, the aggregate investments will amount to about USD 400 million and will be used for forming a herd of 20,000 head and increasing the area of farmland to 106,000 ha. During the following three or four years, it is planned to double the production volume by way of increasing the herd to 50,000 head, and the area of farmland to 130,000 ha.

KhattarWong is pleased to announce the recruitment of our new Partner, Wong Wan Ting, with effect from 1 February 2012.