Monthly Archives: December 2011

Simpson Thacher Represents Initial Purchasers in Inaugural U.S.$600 Million Debt Offering by Banco de Bogotá S.A.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Firm represented Citi, HSBC and J.P. Morgan, as initial purchasers, in connection with an offering of U.S.$600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2017 issued by Banco de Bogotá S.A.  The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and constituted Banco de Bogotá’s inaugural securities offering in the U.S. and other international capital markets.

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McDermott Advises Leading Health Systems in Formation of Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP is pleased to note the Firm’s role in advising six of the thirty-two leading healthcare organizations  selected this week by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to participate in the new Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) initiative created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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Bracewell & Giuliani Leads International Team in Groundbreaking Restructuring of Australia-based Centro Properties

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today it lead an international legal and financial advisory team representing the Senior Lenders ofAustralia-based Centro Properties Group’s (CNP) in finalizing CNP’s global restructuring efforts, widely recognized as one of the most complex and innovative restructurings in Australian history. The restructuring, finalized after four years of discussions and interim arrangements, combines a novel debt-for-equity swap with an aggregation of assets into a new real estate investment trust called Centro Retail Australia (CRF), integrating U.S.-style pre-packaged plan concepts into the existing Australian restructuring regime.

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Munsch Hardt Acquires Respected Immigration Group

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of immigration lawyers Irina B. Plumlee and Julie S. Wade, as shareholders, along with paralegal Criola Garcia, and legal assistant, Leonor Salazar. The team has extensive experience in immigration law. The firm’s new immigration practice will be led by Irina and will benefit Munsch Hardt’s clients throughout Texas and nationally.

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Kelley Drye Adds Two New Partners to Its Top-Tier Intellectual Property Practice

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is pleased to announce that Douglass C. Hochstetler and Beth D. Jacob have joined the firm as partners in the Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation group working from the firm’s Chicago and New York offices.  They each focus on patent infringement litigation representing pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman litigation.  They come from the law firm of Schiff Hardin, where both were partners.

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Littler’s Washington, D.C. and Tysons Corner Offices Land Two New Shareholders Strengthening Firm’s National Class Action Practice

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added two new shareholders to its Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. offices.  Michael McIntosh joins in Tysons Corner and William Allen will reside in the Washington, D.C. office. The addition of McIntosh and Allen follows the recent arrival of Joshua Waxman, who joined as a shareholder in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.  All three are former attorneys at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. They bring extensive class action litigation experience to the firm.

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Weil Advises ITI and TVN on Polish Pay-TV Joint Venture and Sale of Shares in TVN

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Global law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised ITI Media Group Limited and TVN S.A. on their agreement with French entertainment company Vivendi to combine their pay-TV operations in Poland. The joint venture, to be called “n/C+”, will be made up of TVN’s subsidiary Platforma “n” and Vivendi’s Canal Plus Cyfrowy Sp Zoo. Vivendi’s pay-TV subsidiary Canal Plus (Canal+) will hold a 51% stake in n/C+, which has been valued at 5.94 billion zlotys ($1.7 billion). As part of the transaction, Canal+ also agreed to acquire a minority stake in TVN from ITI with the option to gain control commencing three years after the closing of the transaction.

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