Today Preti Flaherty announced that it has reached agreement with Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici(WSGL) to join forces effective January 1, 2013. The seven attorneys of WSGL, a Boston intellectual property law firm, will join Preti Flaherty, a regional New England law firm with offices in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Washington, DC and New Jersey. In anticipation of this change, Preti Flaherty’s existing team of Boston attorneys and staff and their Preti Minahan affiliate will consolidate operations at WSGL’s Boston office at Ten Post Office Square on December 14th.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced the appointments of two leading corporate lawyers, Stuart Mathews and Rupert Weber, as partners in the Firm’s London office. Both partners bolster the Firm’s experience in handling transactional matters on an international scale.

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Allen & Overy LLP has advised a syndicate of banks comprising Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking and UniCredit Bank AG on the successful placement of EUR 500 million subordinated hybrid bonds by Hannover Re.

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Gilbert + Tobin have advised Credit Suisse in their role as Sole Lead Arranger and Underwriter for the US$325 million financing package provided to Atlas Iron Limited (ASX Code: AGO). The package consists of a US$275 million institutional Term Loan B facility and an AUD$50 million three-year revolving facility.

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Perkins Coie represented Intermec, Inc. (NYS: IN), a leading provider of data capture and information management solutions, in its acquisition by Honeywell International Inc. (NYS: HON). The all-cash transaction is valued at approximately $600 million, net of debt and cash acquired.

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