Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that noted Houston attorney J. Todd Culwell has returned to the firm as a Partner, focusing on various types of transactions in the energy industry.

In its latest major financings in Latin America, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised underwriters in a pair of Costa Rican debt issuances, by the central government and the country’s largest electrical utility. The offerings raised a total of $1.5 billion.

Clyde & Co is delighted to announce that its first Spanish office in Madrid will be opening on 27 May 2013.

A team of Dechert LLP lawyers is representing B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) in its pricing of a registered public offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior notes due in 2021 at a price to the public of 100% of their face value. The notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries of B&G Foods. The offering is expected to close on June 4, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Steven R. Meier to the firm’s Corporate department in Chicago. Meier joins Seyfarth from Jenner & Block LLP, where he was the co-chair of the Real Estate Securities practice and a member of its Tax department.