Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today that former Senate Committee Staff Director Frank Macchiarola is joining the firm’s Policy Resolution Group (PRG) in Washington, D.C. Macchiarola, the former staff director of two prominent Senate committees, will bolster PRG’s environmental and energy practices as well as help expand the group’s healthcare and education practices.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Future Land Development Holdings Limited (“Future Land”), a leading Chinese property developer focused on developing quality residential and mixed-use projects and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in its issuance of US dollar denominated senior notes in the aggregate principal amount of US$200 million.
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As a partner of Allens Linklaters, Simon worked on some of the most significant recent deals in the market including the $2.3 billion financing of the Sydney Desalinisation Plant, Dulux’s $293 million acquisition of Alesco, the acquisition by the Future Fund of The Campbell Group of SA Forestry’s plantations, the Lane Cove Tunnel acquisition and the workout and refinancings of Centro, Elders and Nufarm.
Tags: Gilbert, LLPFasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that it has completed its merger with Johannesburg-based law firm Bell Dewar.
Daryn Rush has rejoined White and Williams LLP as a partner in the firm’s Reinsurance Practice Group. He will reside in the firm’s Philadelphia office.
In a first for the gaming industry, a U.S. casino has been purchased by its workers through an employee stock-ownership plan. Partner Mark Welker led a Husch Blackwell team in the $170 million acquisition of the Casino Queen by its approximately 700 employees. Casino Queen is located in East St. Louis, Ill., and was established in 1993.
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Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and RBS Securities Inc. in an offering of $210 million aggregate principal amount of 6.250% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2021 by Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (“Gibraltar”). Gibraltar used the net proceeds from the notes offering to fund a cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding $204 million 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015. The Firm also represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in its capacity as dealer manager in the concurrent tender offer and consent solicitation.
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The transaction, which was signed in January 2013, involved the acquisition by the listed Australian entity Easton Investments Limited, via a subsidiary, of a 19.9% interest in AAM Advisory, a Singapore based financial services business.
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