A team of European and U.S. lawyers from global law firm K&L Gates LLP is advising OYSTAR Holding GmbH on the sale of its shares in OYSTAR North America Inc., with factories in Davenport, Iowa, and Covington, Kentucky, to the Italian Coesia Group. Packaging machines company OYSTAR is a portfolio company of Berlin-based financial investor Odewald & Compagnie, and was acquired by Odewald from IWKA in 2007. The current transaction took place in the run-up to an international auction and is subject to antitrust approvals.

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The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4.05 billion. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

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Veteran healthcare attorney Tracy Field, together with attorney Deonys de Cárdenas, has joined Womble Carlyle’s Healthcare Industry Team in Atlanta.

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Shearman & Sterling represented Nokia on its €750 million convertible bond offering which closed on 26 October 2012. The senior unsecured convertible bonds due 2017 are convertible into ordinary shares of Nokia Corporation.

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CMS has advised RWE in relation to the sale of Horizon Nuclear Power for £696 million. Horizon Nuclear Power is a UK energy company created to develop a new generation of nuclear power stations. It was formed as a joint venture by E.ON and RWE in 2009, but in March 2012, following a strategic review, the companies announced they would not proceed and would instead look to find a new owner.

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DLA Piper announces today the hire of two partners, Mark Hilton and Simon Palmer, to join its Real Estate Group as part of the construction and engineering practice, specialising in dispute resolution. They will also work closely with the Litigation & Regulatory Group. Both Mark and Simon join from Addleshaw Goddard where Mark is Head of Contentious Construction. Mark will work out of the London office and Simon will work out of the Sheffield office.

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