Global law firm Proskauer advised American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., on its agreement to be acquired by Realty Income Corporation in a transaction valued at $2.95 billion. The deal, which is expected to close in late 2012 or early 2013, is the largest merger of U.S. real estate investment trusts this year.
Tags: Proskauer Rose, LLP | New YorkMaples and Calder Announces Singapore Office
Maples and Calder, the leading international law firm headquartered in the Cayman Islands, today announced the opening of its newest office, situated in Singapore.
Tags: Maples Group | SingaporeHusch Blackwell Attorney to Become U.S. Magistrate Judge
After 17 years as a successful trial lawyer, Partner Shirley Padmore-Mensah is leaving Husch Blackwell to join the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She will take the bench for the first time on Sept. 10, 2012, as a new magistrate judge at the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse in St. Louis, Mo.
Tags: Husch Blackwell LLPSimpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $800 Million Debt Offering by WPP
The Firm recently represented the underwriters in connection with a registered public offering of $500 million of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2022 and $300 million of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2042, in each case, issued by WPP Finance 2010, a finance subsidiary of WPP plc. The notes are guaranteed by WPP plc and certain of its subsidiaries.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkAAMCO General Counsel Joins Wiggin and Dana’s National Franchise Practice
Wiggin and Dana is pleased to announce that James A. Goniea has joined the firm as a Partner in the firm’s Franchise and Distribution Practice Group, resident in the Philadelphia office, after serving for six years as Vice President and General Counsel of American Driveline Systems, Inc. (ADS) and its AAMCO and Cottman brands.
Tags: Wiggin and Dana LLPCurtis Alva and Alison Brown Join Holland & Knight’s South Florida Litigation Practice
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Curtis Alva has joined the firm as a partner and Alison Brown has joined as an associate. Mr. Alva and Ms. Brown are members of the South Florida Litigation Practice Group and work in the firm’s West Palm Beach office.
Tags: Holland & Knight LLPSimmons & Simmons Hires Leading Projects Partner in Paris
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Simon Ratledge as a Projects partner in its Paris office.
Tags: Simmons & SimmonsMcDermott Advises JWC Acquisition SPAC on $500 Million Business Combination with The Tile Shop
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced that it successfully represented JWC Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by affiliates of J.W. Childs Associates, a Boston-based private equity firm, in its $500 million business Combination with The Tile Shop, a specialty retailer of manufactured and natural stone tiles, setting and maintenance materials, which operates 61 stores in 20 states. The combined company is named Tile Shop Holdings, Inc., and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “TTS.”
Tags: McDermott, Will & EmeryDorsey Adds Experienced Environmental Lawyer in Minneapolis Office
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Thaddeus R. Lightfoot has joined the Regulatory Affairs Group in the Firm’s Minneapolis office as a Partner. In 25 years of practicing environmental law, Mr. Lightfoot has represented clients in numerous private party environmental litigation matters and governmental enforcement actions. In addition, he advises clients regarding compliance with federal, state, and local environmental laws. Mr. Lightfoot has represented corporate clients in a variety of sectors, including the mining, forest products, paper, steel, manufacturing, electronics, pharmaceutical, real estate development, and ethanol industries, as well as public entities. He is a former trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice’s Environmental Enforcement Section, a former chair of the Environmental Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association, and is recognized as one of the most experienced environmental trial lawyers in Minnesota.
Tags: Dorsey & Whitney LLPHolman Fenwick Willan Strengthens (Re)insurance Practice
Leading international law firm, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW), is delighted to announce the recruitment of " _="_">Pierre-Etienne Kuehn, who joins the firm’s insurance and reinsurance practice in Paris, from AXA Group.
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