Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Erika L. Morabito has rejoined the firm’s Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Morabito rejoins Foley from Patton Boggs LLP.
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Linklaters Advises on the Acquisition Financing of the Altamira LNG Storage and Regasification Terminal in Mexico
Linklaters has advised a banking syndicate in relation to the acquisition of a liquid natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification terminal in Altamira, Mexico by a joint venture of Vopak (60%) and Enagás (40%).
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Simpson Thacher Represents Dollar General Corporation and its Controlling Shareholder Buck Holdings, L.P., an Affiliate of KKR, in Secondary Offering of Common Stock
The Firm recently represented Dollar General Corporation (“Dollar General”) and its controlling shareholder Buck Holdings, L.P., an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P., in connection with a secondary offering of 28,750,000 shares (including the full exercise of the over-allotment option) of common stock at a public offering price of $34.75 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the selling shareholders (including KKR, other investors and certain members of management) of approximately $969.1 million.
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Crowell & Moring Client DuPont Wins Trade Secret Case Against Kolon Industries
Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that longstanding client DuPont has won a $919.9 million trade secret theft case against Kolon Industries. Crowell & Moring LLP and McGuireWoods LLP served as co-counsel to DuPont on the case. The Crowell & Moring trial team was lead by Litigation Group partner Michael J. Songer and partners Kent A. Gardiner, Stephen M. Byers, and Terence P. Ross of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Tags: Crowell & Moring LLP Foley Adds Prominent Energy and Infrastructure Attorney in Los Angeles
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Charles E. Schwenck has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office, working with the Energy Practice Group and Energy Industry Team, as well as the Transactional & Securities and Finance & Financial Institutions Practices. Previously, Schwenck was a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP where he served as co-chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Practice.
Tags: Foley & Lardner LLP | Los Angeles Bingham Expands Recognized Structured Transactions Practice to California With Addition of Dan Passage
Bingham McCutchen LLP is expanding its renowned structured transactions practice to California with the addition of Dan Passage in the Los Angeles office.
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Milbank Represents Lenders in Financing for US$2 Billion Chilean Mining Project
International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, led by Tokyo-based Global Project Finance partner Mark Plenderleith, represented the lenders.
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Greenberg Traurig Counsels The Colorado Health Foundation–Troy Eid Leads Attorney General’s Review of $1.45 Billion Sale of Foundation’s Assets
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office has concluded that The Colorado Health Foundation (TCHF) is legally entitled to receive the expected proceeds from the $1.45 billion sale of its 40 percent equity interest in the HealthOne hospital system to Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), the nation’s largest hospital chain.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Denver 
Kirkland & Ellis Hires Former New York Attorney General’s Office Special Deputy Chief of Staff and Cuomo Commission on Public Integrity Chair Mitra Hormozi
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Mitra Hormozi, the former Special Deputy Chief of Staff for the New York Attorney General’s Office and the current chair of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Commission on Public Integrity, has joined the Firm as a partner in the New York office.
Tags: Kirkland & Ellis LLP | New York Environmental Lawyer Ivan DeVoren Joins Energy Law Firm of Burleson LLP
Burleson LLP announced today that Ivan DeVoren, who has more than two decades of experience practicing environmental law, has joined the Houston-based energy law firm as a Partner in its Pittsburgh office.
