Duval & Stachenfeld LLP Announces the Addition of Cooley LLP Real Estate Partners Thomas O’Connor and Alan S. Cohen

Duval & Stachenfeld LLP announced today the addition of leading real estate attorneys, Tom O’Connor and Alan S. Cohen, as partners in its New York office. Mr. O’Connor was formerly the chair of Cooley LLP’s National Real Estate Practice Group and Mr. Cohen was a senior partner in the Group. Both partners worked out of Cooley’s New York office.

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Curtis Counsels MSC Industrial Direct in $550 Million Acquisition of Barnes Group Unit

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP represented MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (NYSE: MSM) in connection with the negotiation of a definitive agreement to acquire the North American distribution business of Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE: B).  The acquisition, which is structured as an asset purchase, is scheduled to close in late March or early in the second quarter.  The purchase price will be $550 million, subject to adjustment.

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Joycelyn A. Stevenson Joins Littler’s Growing Nashville Office

Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Joycelyn A. Stevenson as a shareholder in the firm’s expanding Nashville office. Stevenson, previously a partner with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, focuses her practice in the areas of labor and employment and business immigration law. Her arrival reflects Littler’s continued growth in the region since the office opened in 2011.

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Davis Polk Represents Lehman Brothers International Europe in Multibillion-Dollar Settlement with Lehman Brothers Inc.

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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