Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised a joint venture formed by its long term client Teekay LNG Partners LP, and Marubeni Corporation, on its successful bid to acquire of A.P. Moller Maersk’s LNG shipping fleet, at a value of $1.4bn. Teekay will have 52% of the joint venture.

We are delighted to announce the recruitment of Susan Farmer, who joins the firm’s London office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Projects & Finance practice, effective 17 October 2011.

International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as initial purchasers, in the offering by BAE Systems plc of notes under Rule 144A and Regulation S, to raise net proceeds of approximately US$1.24 billion. The notes consist of US$350 million of five-year notes paying 3.50%, US$500 million of ten-year notes paying 4.75% and US$400 million of thirty-year notes paying 5.80% (the “Notes”). BAE’s long term credit rating is Baa2 (Moody’s) and BBB+ (S&P).

DLA Piper has advised global alternative asset management firm, the Carlyle Group, on its acquisition of ITRS, a provider of real-time monitoring systems for the world’s financial institutions.

Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Kelly B. Kramer has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, focusing his efforts in the White Collar Defense & Compliance and Securities Litigation & Enforcement groups.