Baker Hostetler announced today that Melvin S. Schwechter has joined the firm’s Litigation Group as a Partner in its Washington, D.C. office and will be the national team leader of the International Trade – Compliance Practice. Schwechter joins Baker Hostetler from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
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Goulston & Storrs is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its Washington, DC office. Thomas F. Kaufman and John M. Ratino have joined the firm’s DC office as Directors, and Christian M. Hudson has joined as an associate. They are joined by two real estate paralegals, Michele Melton and Celeste White. Most recently, Tom and John headed the Real Estate practice at Hunton & Williams’ DC office.
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Shearman & Sterling represented the initial purchasers led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in connection with Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.’s offering of $325 million of its 8.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2019.
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The Sidley Austin law firm is bringing aboard a new partner to fill a Houston legal job, according to a press release.
Cliff W. Vrielink will join the firm’s East Texas offices after having left his partner responsibilities with Vinson & Elkins.
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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan as joint book-running managers and the co-managers in the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $385,000,000 principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2022 by Levi Strauss & Co.
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The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP (“WFW”) is pleased to announce that it has advised Golar LNG Energy Limited (“Golar”) in relation to Indonesia’s first floating offshore regasification unit (“FSRU”) now known as “Nusantara Regas Satu” (formerly known as the “Khannur”).
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Richard E. Climan, Keith A. Flaum, Jane Ross, John P. Brockland and James R. Griffin have joined Weil’s Silicon Valley office as partners in the Firm’s more than 600 lawyer Corporate Department.
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Leora Ben-Ami, Thomas Fleming, Patricia Carson and Christopher Jagoe have joined the Firm’s New York office as partners in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. All were formerly partners in the New York office of Kaye Scholer.
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Venable LLP announced today the addition of a team of high-profile real estate lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf in New York.
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