Leading insurance and dispute resolution law firm, Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP (BLM) has appointed new partner Daniel Thomas to the national fraud team. He joins the firm’s Birmingham office on 4 March 2013 from Browne Jacobson.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised SAAOne – a consortium comprising Hochtief PPP Solutions GmbH, VolkerInfra PPP B.V., Boskalis B.V. and the Dutch Infrastructure Fund (DIF Infra 3 Finance B.V.) – on the financing of the €1 billion A1/A6 Diemen-Muiderberg-Almere Havendreef motorway PPP project in the Netherlands.
Tags: White & Case LLPGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Banco Itaú BBA International, S.A. (“Itaú Portugal”), a Portuguese credit institution, on the successful transfer of its European wholesale banking operations from Lisbon to London through a “merger by absorption” under The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (the “Regulations”).
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A Corporate team from international legal practice Norton Rose has advised European private equity firm HgCapital on the sale of its UK onshore wind portfolio.
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Davis Polk, together with Linklaters, represented the joint administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (“LBIE”) in connection with the litigation and settlement of $38 billion in claims between LBIE and Lehman Brothers Inc (“LBI”). The Lehman Brothers SIPA case is by far the largest SIPA proceeding on record involving an insolvent broker-dealer. The execution last week by LBIE and LBI of the definitive documentation of the settlement and the filing in the bankruptcy court today of the motion seeking approval of the settlement agreement represents a critical milestone in the Lehman Brothers administration and, subject to court approval, will unlock substantial distributions for creditors who hold tens of billions of dollars in claims.
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Winston & Strawn LLP today announced that Susan Alker has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the corporate practice. Ms. Alker practiced for 10 years at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles and after that at Reed Smith. Her practice focuses on representing major banks, financial institutions, private equity and hedge funds in corporate transactions. The move reunites her with several former O’Melveny & Myers attorneys who have joined Winston & Strawn to form a corporate practice in Los Angeles.
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McGuireWoods LLP today announced the addition of Robert F. Redmond and Clement D. Carter, who have joined the firm’s Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation practice in Richmond as partner and counsel, respectively.
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Linklaters has advised leading Spanish energy company Repsol on the US$6.653bn sale to Royal Dutch Shell of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets, which includes the minority stakes in Atlantic LNG (Trinidad & Tobago) Peru LNG and Bahia de Bizkaia Electricidad (Spain), as well as the LNG sale contracts and time charters with their associated loans and debt.
Tags: LinklatersChadbourne & Parke LLP represented GeoPark Holdings Limited (“GeoPark”), an oil and gas exploration company listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange, and its subsidiaries in the issuance by GeoPark Latin America Limited Agencia en Chile (the “Issuer”) of US$300 million of 7.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2020.
Tags: New YorkGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has today announced the addition of five new partners in Paris. Gilles Endréo, Philippe Herbelin, Cenzi Gargaro, Séverin Robillard and Thomas Le Vert will join the Firm’s Global Capital Market Practice.
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