Cindy Yang has joined the Schiff Hardin LLP New York office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Group from Dickstein Shapiro LLP in New York.
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP Serves as Special Counsel in $3.4 Billion Real Estate Investment Trust Acquisition
Health Care REIT, Inc. has announced that it has completed its acquisition of the Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. property portfolio, the sale of the Sunrise management company, and the acceleration of all planned joint venture partner buy-outs.
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Insurance Duo Joins Holland & Knight
John Sarchio, one of the insurance industry’s leading and most respected lawyers, has joined Holland & Knight as chair of the firm’s Insurance Industry Practice Team. Mr. Sarchio, most recently co-founder and co-head of the Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group at Chadbourne & Parke LLP, brings with him Richard G. Liskov, who joins the firm as a partner. Mr. Sarchio also formerly led the insurance practice at White & Case LLP.
Tags: Holland & Knight LLP | New York
Baker Botts Represents Contran Corporation in Sale of Subsidiary Titanium Metals Corporation to Precision Castparts Corporation
On December 20, 2012, Contran Corporation majority-owned subsidiary, Titanium Metals Corporation, was acquired by Precision Castparts Corporation pursuant to a negotiated cash tender offer commenced under a merger agreement between Timet and PCC and a related support agreement between Contran and PCC.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | Dallas
SRZ Advises on LNR’s Sale to Starwood Property Trust
SRZ represented Cerberus Capital Management LP and LNR Property LLC on the $1.05 billion sale of LNR to Starwood Property Trust and Starwood Capital Group. Under the terms of the deal, which was announced Jan. 24, 2013, Starwood Property Trust will acquire LNR business segments, including 50 percent of its interest in the nation’s leading residential and commercial real estate exchange Auction.com, for a total purchase price of $856 million. In addition, Starwood Capital Group will acquire for $197 million both LNR’s US Commercial Property Group and the other 50 percent of LNR’s ownership interest in Auction.com. Miami-headquartered LNR is a leading diversified real estate investment, finance, management and development firm with 12 offices throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Tags: Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | New York
Linklaters Advises on Largest PPP Project in Russia
Linklaters has advised the lenders on the Western High-Speed Diameter Project (WHSD) in Saint Petersburg – Russia’s first city-based toll road and the largest PPP project in Russia to date.
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Roetzel Welcomes New Partner Jayne E. Juvan
Roetzel is pleased to announce that Jayne E. Juvan has joined the firm’s Business Services group as a partner in the firm’s Cleveland office.
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Cravath – CyrusOne’s IPO
Cravath represented CyrusOne Inc. in connection with its US$361 million initial public offering of common stock. CyrusOne Inc., a subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell Inc., is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data center properties. The shares will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The transaction closed on January 24, 2013.
Tags: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | New York
Norton Rose Advises Zimbabwe Power Company on Kariba South Power Station Extension Project
The London and Johannesburg offices of leading international legal practice Norton Rose are advising Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) as sponsor of the Kariba South Power Station Extension project, in the Mashonaland West province of Zimbabwe.
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Cadwalader Advises on Successful Hong Kong Initial Public Offering
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (“Cadwalader”) and Joseph P.C. Lee & Associates have advised Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. (“Wison Engineering”) as to United States and Hong Kong law on the completion of its initial public offering and listing in Hong Kong. The deal marks an important broadening of the firm’s international capital markets offering, which expanded in 2012 with the addition of three seasoned partners and a team of associates with deep experience in Asia.
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