Yearly Archives: 2012

Paul Hastings Represents Cowen and Company, CRT Capital and The Seaport Group in JW Aluminum Refinancing

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Paul Hastings LLP represented Cowen and Company, CRT Capital and The Seaport Group as joint book-running managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $200,000,000 of 11.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 by JW Aluminum Company, a manufacturer of specialty, flat-rolled aluminum products. Proceeds from the offering, together with amounts drawn at closing under JW Aluminum Company’s amended asset-based revolving credit facility, were used to refinance existing indebtedness.

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Leading Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity Attorney Mark Harris Joins Jenner & Block’s Chicago Office

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Mark A. Harris has joined Jenner & Block as a partner in the Chicago office. As one of Chicago’s most highly regarded M&A attorneys, Mr. Harris has been at the heart of many major transactions, including Wrapports, LLC’s recent acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times. Mr. Harris joins the Firm’s Corporate Practice and will serve as Co-Chair of its Private Equity Practice and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He will advise clients on acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, LBOs, going-private transactions, reorganizations, proxy contests and other complex transactions, as well as on corporate governance and other general business matters.

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Procopio Continues to Grow, Expands in Silicon Valley

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is at it again. The California Daily Journal recently ranked Procopio fourth among all California firms in terms of growth in 2012, with a 27.3% growth rate. And the firm recently earned the ranking as San Diego’s largest law firm, with over 130 attorneys.

Procopio now adds again to that number, announcing the addition of five new attorneys to their Silicon Valley office.

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Atlanta-Based Smith, Gambrell & Russell Combines With Hartman & Craven in New York

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (SGR), a full-service, international law firm, announced that it has combined with Hartman & Craven LLP, a New York law firm with a broad-based practice as well as deep roots and knowledge about the New York area market. The combination of the two storied law firms, each with over 90 years of history and service both to clients and the legal profession, was effective October 1, 2012 and doubled the number of SGR attorneys in New York.

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Banking & Finance Partner Samrad Nazer Joins Locke Lord’s London Office as Part of Banking & Finance Practice

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Banking & Finance Partner Samrad Nazer has joined the London office of Locke Lord as yet another key player in the Firm’s rapidly evolving UK transactional banking team. Nazer is the second Banking & Finance Partner to join the international Firm in less than a month, as well as the fourth Partner recently added to the ranks in London. He brings additional depth and breadth to significant transactional banking areas such as cross-border and domestic debt finance and syndicate financings.

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Triton sells German logistics specialist Dematic with Linklaters

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The international commercial law firm Linklaters advised the private equity investor Triton on the sale of Dematic GmbH to the financial investor AEA Investors as well as to Teachers’ Private Capital, the part of the Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan that specialises in private equity. Triton had acquired Dematic from Siemens AG in 2006. The transaction is subject to antitrust approval and is expected to be completed in January 2013. The parties agreed to maintain secrecy regarding the purchase price.

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