Thompson Coburn is proud to announce the addition of Michael de León Hawthorne as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Hawthorne will join the firm’s Corporate & Securities group. He previously served as a partner with Bingham Greenebaum Doll in Louisville, Ky., and with Sidley Austin in Chicago.
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Jennifer Choe Groves has joined the Washington, DC office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC as a Member and Vice Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group for Enforcement and Entertainment. Her practice is focused on trademark and copyright matters, international trade policy, IP rights protection and enforcement, as well as anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy work. She advocates for clients from a wide array of business sectors, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, media, high technology, retail, and luxury and household goods, among others.
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Intellectual property attorney Linda D. Kennedy has joined Butzel Long and is based in the firm’s Detroit office.
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Shearman & Sterling is representing Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. in connection with its definitive agreement with WestLB AG to acquire its Brazilian corporate banking subsidiary, Banco WestLB do Brasil. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | TokyoShearman & Sterling advised Aurora Solar Corporation (a joint venture comprised of, among others, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation) as purchaser of nine photovoltaic (pv) generating facilities in Ontario, Canada. The sponsors were advised by Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. as financial advisor and Stikeman Elliott as Canadian counsel.
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Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. and TD Securities (USA) LLC in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.5% U.S. dollar bonds due 2015, issued by Export Development Canada.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk is advising Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger of a $3.5 billion senior unsecured bridge facility for Walgreen Co. in connection with its proposed acquisition of not less than 45% of the issued and outstanding equity interests in Alliance Boots GmbH.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk is advising Vector Capital on the $2.2 billion leveraged buyout of Quest Software, Inc. Joining with CEO Vincent Smith and Insight Venture Partners, on June 19, 2012, Vector Capital entered into definitive agreements to acquire Quest for $25.75 per share in cash. The transaction is also being financed with approximately $1.2 billion of debt financing commitments from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Barclays Capital.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkOn Friday, June 15, 2012, Davis Polk won a significant victory on behalf of Deloitte & Touche LLP in the Alabama Supreme Court with an affirmance of the dismissal of a securities-fraud lawsuit arising out of the 1995 leveraged recapitalization of the Bruno’s regional supermarket chain. This brings to a close 12 years of litigation brought in two states by renowned trial lawyer Leo Beus via three separate actions, each of which Davis Polk had dismissed in turn.
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International law firm Fulbright & Jaworski hired Kevin McDonald for a Houston legal job–a full-circle moment in the attorney’s legal career–as reported in a press release.
McDonald will assume a partner role with the practice and said he is enthused about the opportunity to return to the law firm where he first kicked off his legal career in 1992.
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