International law firm Eversheds has advised SPX Corporation, a global manufacturing and industrial equipment supplier, on its £700m acquisition of CLYDEUNION Pumps.
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Oppenheimer, Blend, Harrison and Tate, Inc. Joins Strasburger & Price, LLP
One of San Antonio’s most prominent law firms, Oppenheimer, Blend, Harrison and Tate, Inc., will join Strasburger & Price, LLP to create the city’s fourth largest firm with more than 40 attorneys locally. All current practicing shareholders of Oppenheimer Blend will be joining the combined firm, including the three remaining name shareholders, Stanley Blend, Reese Harrison and John Tate. Statewide, the combined firm will boast over 210 attorneys making it one of the 20 largest firms in the state. In San Antonio, the combined firm will be known as Strasburger Price Oppenheimer Blend. The combination will be effective at the end of this month. The firms will initially remain in their existing office spaces but plan to consolidate into a single office in early 2012.
Tags: Strasburger & Price, LLP Butler Snow Expands Regional Presence
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC announced today the expansion of offices into Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama. Three Alabama attorneys have joined the firm: Michael B. Beers, A. David Fawal and Angela T. Baker.
Tags: Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC Corporate Partner David Lee Joins Sheppard Mullin Palo Alto
David R. Lee has joined the Palo Alto office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group. Since 1996, Lee practiced as a partner at White & Lee in Redwood City. Prior to co-founding that firm, he practiced as a partner at Cooley Godward in Menlo Park.
Tags: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP | Silicon Valley Freshfields Advises ABN AMRO Bank on the Sale of Its Swiss Private Banking Activities to Union Bancaire Privée
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised ABN AMRO Bank N.V. on the agreed sale of its Swiss Private Banking activities to Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA.
Tags: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Davis Polk Advises Murphy Oil on Louisiana Refinery Sale
Davis Polk is advising Murphy Oil Corporation in connection with the sale by its wholly owned subsidiary, Murphy Oil USA, Inc., of its refinery in Meraux, Louisiana, and related assets, to a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation for a sale price of $325 million plus the value of hydrocarbon inventory. The hydrocarbon inventory will be valued based on market prices at closing (the inventory is currently valued at approximately $300 million). The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and conditions and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New York Simpson Thacher Represents Centerbridge Partners in Connection with its Investment in Remedi SeniorCare
Simpson Thacher represented Centerbridge Partners in the acquisition by one of its affiliates of a controlling interest in Remedi SeniorCare Holding Corporation for an aggregate capital commitment of up to $300 million. The investment will be used to support the continued development and deployment of Remedi’s automated medication administration technology, as well as acquisitions and greenfield start-up pharmacies in new markets across the United States.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Hennigan Dorman Joins McKool Smith
McKool Smith and Los Angeles-based trial firm Hennigan Dorman are pleased to announce that they will join effective September 12, 2011. The combination solidifies a national litigation powerhouse with over 165 trial lawyers in seven offices nationwide. The combined firm, McKool Smith, will conduct business as McKool Smith Hennigan in California.
Tags: Los Angeles DLA Piper Advises on Sale of China Technology Solar Power Holdings Limited
DLA Piper has advised Good Million Investments Limited on its HK$292 million sale of the entire issued share capital in China Technology Solar Power Holdings Limited to China Technology Solar Power Limited (formerly known as Soluteck Holdings Limited) (HKSE: 8111). The DLA Piper team in this transaction was led by Esther Leung, Partner and Co-head of Capital Markets in Asia. Team members included lawyers Phil Lam and Yeti Ho.
Tags: DLA Piper | Hong Kong Davis Polk Advises Mexichem on Its $1 Billion Revolving Credit Facility
Davis Polk advised Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with a $1 billion three-year revolving credit facility agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. The facility will be used for general corporate purposes.
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