Davis Polk – ArcelorMittal $4 Billion Equity and Convertible Notes Offerings

Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as sole global coordinator and joint bookrunner, and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint bookrunners, on two concurrent SEC-registered offerings of equity and mandatorily convertible subordinated notes by ArcelorMittal.

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Paul Hastings Continues Expansion of London Corporate Practice with the Addition of Leading Capital Markets Partner, James Cole

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that James Cole is joining the firm as a partner in the Securities & Capital Markets and Hedge Fund practices in the London office. Mr. Cole, previously a partner and head of Weil Gotshal & Manges’ London Capital Markets and Hedge Funds practice groups, advises a wide range of investment banks, hedge funds and financial institutions on capital markets and distressed investment opportunities.

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Paul Hastings Continues Growth of European Corporate Practice with Addition of Prominent Energy Lawyer in Milan

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Lorenzo Parola has joined the firm as a partner with the Corporate and Energy practices in Milan. Mr. Parola, former global co-chair of the Renewable and Clean Energy Industry Sector Group at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, is one of the leading energy lawyers in Italy. He joins from Grimaldi Studio Legale, the Italian successor firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf, where he was a partner.

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Paul Hastings Advises EIG Global Energy Partners in Settlement of Lawsuit Challenging Acquisition of the TCW Group by Carlyle Group

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that that the firm represented EIG Global Energy Partners (“EIG”), a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector, in connection with the settlement of a lawsuit filed by EIG challenging the proposed acquisition of The TCW Group by certain investment funds operated by The Carlyle Group.

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DLA Piper Advises XING AG on the Takeover of kununu GmbH

DLA Piper has been advising the TecDAX-listed, Hamburg-based company XING AG on the acquisition of the Austrian kununu GmbH. With more than 12 million members, XING AG operates the leading social network for professional contacts in the German-speaking world.

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WFW Advises Stadtwerke Lubeck on the Acquisition of Shares in the Largest Solar Farm in Thuringia, Germany

Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW“), a leading international law firm, has advised Stadtwerke Lübeck, a municipal utility, on the legal and tax aspects of the acquisition of shares in a ground mounted 20 MWp solar farm in Thuringia, Germany. The solar farm will be operated jointly with another utility partner.

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WFW Advised CHC Helicopter on an Operating Lease Facility of up to US$202m with Milestone Aviation

Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised CHC Helicopter on an operating lease facility of up to US$202m with Milestone Aviation, for up to 12 helicopters (including Sikorsky, Eurocopter and AgustaWestland helicopters), its third facility with Milestone.

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