Field Fisher Waterhouse announces today the appointment of litigation partner Sibylle Schumacher. She will be joining the Munich office on 1st November from Weil Gotshal Manges LLP where she has headed the litigation practice since 2009.
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Clayton Utz Supports Transpacific on Multimillion Dollar Raising
Clayton Utz has advised long-standing client Transpacific Industries Group Limited (TPI) in connection with its proposed equity capital raising of approximately A$309 million and new A$1.525 billion debt facility, announced to the market yesterday.
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The firm’s Paris office recently advised Ecomouv, a consortium lead by Autostrade per l’Italia, the leading European concessionaire for toll motorway construction and management, and its parent company, Atlantia, on the negotiation of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract with the French State and of the financing documents and the drafting and negotiation of all industrial contracts for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Eco-tax project, an automatic taxation system of heavy-trucks on the French motorway’s network. The project is expected to generate €1.2 billion annually in revenue for the State.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Janet Fisher, Former Member of DOJ’s National Security Division, Joins Venable as Commercial Litigation Partner
Venable LLP announced that experienced investigative attorney Janet C. Fisher has joined the firm’s Washington, DC, office as a partner in its Commercial Litigation Group. Ms. Fisher was most recently a member of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, where she handled classified counterterrorism and counterintelligence matters. She will work closely with the firm’s white collar and government investigations groups.
Tags: Venable LLP Darryl Steinhause Joins DLA Piper’s Real Estate Capital Markets Group
Former Chief Counsel at AG’s Office Melanie Pate Joins Lewis and Roca’s Labor and Employment Group
Lewis and Roca is pleased to announce that Melanie Pate has joined the firm’s Phoenix office as a partner in the Labor and Employment practice group. Previously, Pate served as Chief Counsel of the Arizona Civil Rights Division (“ACRD”) at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, where she worked for 15 years in litigation and management-level employment-related positions.
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Fasken Martineau, a leading international law firm, announced today that Stuart Hills has joined the firm’s London office as a partner.
Tags: Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Hogan Lovells Advises on $570 Million Project Finance Loan for Hydroelectric Project in Ecuador
Hogan Lovells has advised the Ecuadorian state-owned energy company, Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC), in the closing of a US$570 million credit loan agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim).
Tags: Hogan Lovells Davis Polk – Export Development Canada $1 Billion Global Bond Offering
Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.25% U.S. dollar bonds due 2016, issued by Export Development Canada.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New York Wragge & Co Advises H2 Equity Partners on Acquiring a Majority Share in Unipart Automotive
Wragge & Co has advised private equity firm H2 Equity Partners on its acquisition of a majority share in automotive car part supplier Unipart Automotive for an undisclosed sum.
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