Simpson Thacher Represents Oaktree Capital Group, LLC in the initial public offering of its Class A Units

The Firm represented Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (“Oaktree”) in its initial public offering of 8.8 million units representing limited liability company interests.  Oaktree is a Los Angeles-based investment management firm with approximately $75 billion of assets under management.  Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley were the joint global coordinators for the $380 million offering.  The units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “OAK” on April 12, 2012.

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Schnader Adds Ten New Attorneys

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP is pleased to announce that the Firm has added ten new attorneys since the beginning of the year. The New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices have all added to their ranks, and the Firm has gained strength in multiple areas, including: antitrust, bankruptcy and creditor’s rights, complex commercial litigation, class action, consumer fraud, criminal, labor, employment, insurance coverage, intellectual property, product liability, securities, toxic tort, and warranty litigation.

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Littler’s Chicago Office Lands a Group of Three Strengthening Firm’s National Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice

Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added a group of three attorneys to the firm’s expanding Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice. Two new shareholders and an associate from Seyfarth Shaw LLP—David M. Weiner, Judith L. Wethall and D. Finn Pressly—have joined Littler’s Chicago office. The trio brings with them extensive retirement benefit, health and welfare benefit and executive compensation experience. Their arrival follows a string of recent additions to the firm’s national Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice, including Joni Andrioff (Chicago), Mark Grushkin (Los Angeles), Sam Stein (Los Angeles) and Dan Wille (Pittsburgh), who all joined Littler in the last six months.

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Littler Lands Benefits Litigation Attorney Daniel E. Wille in Its Pittsburgh Office

Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Daniel E. Wille as a shareholder in its ERISA and Benefit Plan Litigation and Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practices. Wille, formerly of Reed Smith LLP, brings nearly 25 years of benefits litigation and 23 years of substantive benefits experience to Littler’s growing Pittsburgh office.

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K&L Gates Expands Labor & Employment Practice with Portland Partner Addition

The Portland office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Dori Gilbert as a partner in its labor and employment practice. Gilbert, who worked with Preston Gates & Ellis LLP (now K&L Gates) from 2000 to 2004, rejoins the firm from the communications agency of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, where she served as vice president of legal and business affairs.

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Davis Polk – MRC Global Inc.’s $477 Million Initial Public Offering

Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Barclays Capital Inc., as representatives of the underwriters, in connection with MRC Global Inc.’s initial public offering of 22,727,273 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $21 per share. Of those shares, MRC sold 17,045,455 shares and a selling stockholder (PVF Holdings LLC, an entity controlled by funds affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co.) sold 5,681,818 shares. The common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “MRC.” Funds affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co. controlled approximately 99% of MRC prior to the offering and control approximately 77% of MRC after the offering.

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Hunton & Williams LLP Adds Six Partners To Global Energy Practice

Hunton & Williams LLP continues its focused expansion in its key practice areas, adding six partners to its global energy and infrastructure practice from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. Bud Ellis, formerly co-head of Dewey’s utilities, power and pipelines industry group, Kevin C. Felz, Michael F. Fitzpatrick Jr., Steven C. Friend, Steve R. Loeshelle and Peter K. O’Brien represent companies and investment banks in the power and utility industries, with a particular focus on public and private capital markets transactions.

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