Yearly Archives: 2012

Latham & Watkins Advises Suburban in Inergy Retail Propane Acquisition

Monday, April 30, 2012
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SPH), has announced a definitive agreement with Inergy, L.P., Inergy GP, LLC and Inergy Sales & Service, Inc.  to acquire the sole membership interest in and to Inergy Propane, LLC, now owned by Inergy, including certain wholly owned subsidiaries of Inergy Propane, LLC, and the assets of Inergy Sales.  Suburban is acquiring Inergy Propane for total consideration of approximately US$1.8 billion in stock and cash, as detailed in the company press release below.

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Morgan Lewis Draws Former FERC GC to Energy Practice in Houston

Monday, April 30, 2012
Morgan Lewis today announced that Charley Moore—a leading oil and gas litigation and regulatory practitioner who is a former General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—has joined the firm as a partner in its Energy Practice, resident in Houston. His practice encompasses state and federal court litigation, federal and state regulatory matters, and energy-related gas and power transactions.

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Morgan Lewis Broadens Bi-Coastal Finance Capabilities with Arrival of Team Led by New Practice Co-Chair Marshall Stoddard

Monday, April 30, 2012
Morgan Lewis today announced the addition of a team of lawyers, led by Marshall Stoddard—formerly the head of the bank and institutional finance practice at another AmLaw 100 firm—to its Business and Finance Practice, resident in the firm’s New York and Los Angeles offices. Mr. Stoddard will serve as a new co-chair of the firm’s Finance practice. He is a transactional lawyer and corporate advisor focusing his practice on commercial, banking, and bankruptcy law across a wide range of industries, including technology, entertainment, government contractors, media, transportation, and agriculture.

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Manatt Expands National White Collar Defense Practice

Monday, April 30, 2012
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that N. Richard “Dick” Janis has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice. Prior to joining Manatt, Janis was a founding partner of and for more than 30 years managed the law firm of Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler, one of Washington’s premier white collar criminal boutiques.

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Michael Magee Joins Dinsmore’s Pittsburgh Office

Monday, April 30, 2012
Dinsmore is pleased to announce that Michael Magee has joined the firm as a Partner in the Litigation Department and member of the Products Liability and Tort Practice Groups. He will practice in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Prior to joining the firm, Magee served as a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP where he served as Chair of the Litigation Defense/Toxic Tort Practice Group.

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J. Caleb Boggs III Joins King & Spalding

Monday, April 30, 2012
J. Caleb Boggs, III, a lawyer with more than two decades of experience in law, politics and public policy, has joined King & Spalding’s government advocacy and public policy practice as a partner in Washington, D.C. He is expected to concentrate on the financial services industry. Boggs comes to King & Spalding from Blank Rome LLP, where he was a partner.

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Davis Polk – Province of British Columbia $1.5 Billion Global Bond Offering

Monday, April 30, 2012
Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by CIBC World Markets Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. in connection with the offering of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.20% bonds due 2017 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of 2.65% bonds due 2021, issued by the Province of British Columbia.

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