Monthly Archives: January 2012

Paul Hastings Advises Sekisui House on U.S. Acquisition

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised North America Sekisui House, LLC (“NASH”), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Sekisui House, Ltd – Japan’s largest homebuilder and a leading diversified developer, in its acquisition of the largest operating portfolio of residential master-planned communities in the United States. The acquisition was made through a new joint venture between NASH and Newland Real Estate Group LLC (“Newland”), a national real estate development company based in San Diego, California.

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Greenberg Traurig Continues to Grow its Mexico City Office with the Addition of Shareholder Juan Manuel Gonzalez Bernal and a Group of Six Lawyers

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that Juan Manuel Gonzalez Bernal (“Gonzalez”) has joined the firm as a shareholder in its newly established office in Mexico City. Gonzalez brings with him a group of six lawyers to practice in the Global Energy and Infrastructure Practice, including of counsel Pedro J. Reséndez and associates Carlos R. Garduño and Miguel Yturbe.

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Leading Global Project Finance Lawyer Jacob Worenklein Joins Akin Gump

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Jacob J. Worenklein, who has over three decades of experience advising the world’s largest energy and financial institutions on complex project finance transactions, has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office. He joins Ed Zaelke and Adam Umanoff as co-head of the firm’s global project finance practice. Previously, he was a partner with another large international law firm.

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Tags:  Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | New York

Milbank Represents Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation In $7.3 Billion Acquisition of RBS Aviation Capital

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, represented Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) in their acquisition of RBS Aviation Capital, creating the world’s fourth largest commercial jet aircraft leasing and finance company, for US$7.3 billion from The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. This is the largest disposal by RBS since the government bailout in 2008.

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Leading Real Estate Finance Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in Southern California

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Kevin Ehrhart has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Finance Department. Ehrhart has a highly regarded transactional real estate practice focused on the acquisition and disposition of commercial office and industrial portfolios, as well as the development and financing of hotels and resorts, golf courses, retail and industrial centers, and residential communities located throughout the United States and Asia. He joins from Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis in Los Angeles, where he was a partner since 2005.

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