Duane Morris is pleased to announce that David A. Charapp has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Group as a partner in its San Diego office. Charapp’s arrival adds to Duane Morris’ growing corporate practice group on the West Coast and nationally, particularly in the areas of life sciences and technology. He joins Duane Morris from Foley & Lardner LLP, where he was chair of the firm’s Life Sciences Collaborations & Licensing Practice.

Clayton Utz has advised Origin Energy Limited on its A$500 million offer of hybrid notes to be listed on the ASX, announced to the market on 15 November.

Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, HSBC, RBS, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, as joint book-running managers, in connection with an offering by Halliburton Company of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% Senior Notes due 2021 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.50% Senior Notes due 2041.