The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Ira White joined the firm on May 1, 2012 in New York as a partner in the Private Equity Practice. He was previously a partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in New York, where he served as U.S. Co-Chair of the Private Equity Transactions Group.
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Proskauer Advises Ascena Retail Group On Planned $890 Million Acquisition Of Charming Shoppes
Proskauer served as legal counsel to Ascena Retail Group in its pending $890 million purchase of Charming Shoppes, Inc.
Tags: Proskauer Rose LLP | New York Former FINRA Enforcement Director Daniel Nathan Joins Morrison & Foerster in Washington, D.C.
Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Daniel A. Nathan, the former Vice President and Regional Enforcement Director for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner, adding further scope to Morrison & Foerster’s enforcement capabilities in Washington, D.C., nationally and internationally.
Tags: Morrison & Foerster LLP Mayer Brown Snags Thompson & Knight Partner In Houston
Mayer Brown LLP has snagged a former Thompson & Knight LLP partner as part of its efforts to expand its corporate and securities practice amid a climate of increasing drilling activities in 2012 and ongoing mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas sector, the firm said Monday.
Tags: Mayer Brown LLP | Houston Clifford Chance Advises Partners Group on Leveraged Management Buyout of Trimco International
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised global private markets investment manager Partners Group on the acquisition of Trimco International Holdings Limited, a global provider of garment label solutions to the garment manufacturing industry, on behalf of its clients. The acquisition, which was completed on 25 April, was structured as a leveraged buyout with the founder and senior management team of Trimco reinvesting a significant portion of their sale proceeds into the new company. Concurrently with the transaction, Trimco was negotiating a bolt-on acquisition of a UK-based international label solution provider, which completed shortly after the principal transaction closed and was funded as part of that transaction.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Hong Kong Barnes & Thornburg Represents Wolverine World Wide in Acquisition of Collective Brands’ Performance + Lifestyle Group
Barnes & Thornburg announced today that the firm represented Wolverine World Wide Inc., one of the world’s leading marketers of branded casual, active lifestyle, work, outdoor sport and uniform footwear and apparel, in the negotiation and execution of a $2 billion agreement to acquire Collective Brands, Inc. In making its bid, Wolverine joined with San Francisco-based private equity firms Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital Partners.
Tags: Barnes & Thornburg LLP Davis Polk – Sahara Hotel & Casino $300 Million Construction Financing
Davis Polk advised Stockbridge Real Estate Funds in connection with a $300 million construction financing arranged by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as lead arranger, with Keycorp Real Estate Capital Markets, Inc., as administrative and disbursement agent, for the renovation and repositioning of the Sahara Hotel & Casino (to be renamed the SLS Hotel & Casino Las Vegas) by a joint venture between the Stockbridge Funds and an affiliate of SBE Entertainment Group, LLC.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New York Shearman & Sterling Advises on $2 Billion Financing for News America Incorporated
Shearman & Sterling advised J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $2 billion five year revolving credit facility for News America Incorporated.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New York K&L Gates Strengthens Commercial Disputes Practice with Charleston Partner Addition
The Charleston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Richard A. Farrier Jr. as a partner in its commercial disputes practice. Farrier joins K&L Gates from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, where he was Managing Partner of the firm’s Charleston office.
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King & Wood Mallesons has bolstered its leading competition practice with the lateral hire of Stephen Ridgeway, one of Australia’s preeminent and most respected competition lawyers.