Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Domnick Bozzetti, a highly experienced executive compensation and employee benefits partner, has joined the Tax Department in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Bozzetti’s capabilities expand the firm’s ability to advise clients on the federal tax aspects of executive compensation and employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bozzetti also has extensive experience counseling public companies on other executive compensation issues, including disclosure issues in annual proxy statements and other filings.

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The Haynes and Boone, LLP New York office has expanded its intellectual property litigation capabilities with the addition of two experienced partners, John Hintz and Richard D. Rochford.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Cequel Data Centers, a data center operating company managed by an affiliate of Cequel III and owned by Cequel III and a consortium of private equity firms, in acquiring TierPoint, LLC, a leading provider of collocation, managed I.T. and cloud computing services in the Pacific Northwest.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Jefferies Finance LLC as sole lead arranger, administrative agent and syndication agent in connection with a $300 million first lien senior secured term facility for Emerald Performance Materials, LLC. Additionally, a complex triple-layer intercreditor structure was negotiated among the first and second lien term loan secured parties as well as with the secured parties under a separate new asset-based revolving credit facility.

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