Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE: LXP), a real estate investment trust focused on single-tenant real estate investments, in the refinancing of its secured credit facility.
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The Hogan Lovells Warsaw office has been providing advice to the Amazon group on its acquisition of the Ivona Software group of companies.
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DLA Piper announced today that Ute Krudewagen has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment practice as a partner in the Silicon Valley office.
Tags: DLA Piper | Silicon ValleyDLA Piper has been advising a banking consortium managed by SEB AG and comprising SEB AG, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale, Deutsche Hypothekenbank (Actien-Gesellschaft), ING Bank and Coreal Credit Bank AG on the refinancing of a retail property portfolio with 38 locations in Germany and a value of more than 275 million euros. Each of the participating banks is contributing to the financing with an equal share (20 per cent).
Tags: DLA PiperDLA Piper has been advising the Gruner + Jahr publishing group on the acquisition of the Indian start-up Seventynine. Seventynine specializes in digital advertising for mobile devices. Its business is being purchased by the leading Indian digital marketing company NetworkPlay, in which Gruner + Jahr acquired a majority holding at the beginning of the year – also with the assistance of DLA Piper. Acquisition of the Seventynine business enables Gruner + Jahr to further reinforce its presence on the Indian advertising market.
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Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has appointed partner Anne Kleffmann and two new associates to strengthen its German employment law practice.
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Today Labaton Sucharow LLP, along with its co-counsel, announced that it reached a $473 million settlement in In re Schering-Plough Corporation / ENHANCE Securities Litigation. The recovery is the largest securities class action settlement ever against a pharmaceutical company, among the top 25 securities class action settlements of all time, and among the ten largest recoveries ever in a securities class action that did not involve a defendant company restating its earnings. The case was set to start trial on March 4, 2013 in federal court in New Jersey.
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Fasken Martineau a leading business law and litigation firm, announced today that it is advising Cœur d’Alene Mines Corporation (CDM) in respect of its proposal to acquire Orko Silver Corp. (OK) for CDN$2.70 per share in cash and stock, a transaction with a total value of approximately CDN$384 million.
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International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced plans to establish a presence in Turkey focussing on the infrastructure sector.
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