Sullivan & Worcester LLP is pleased to announce that Elias B. Hinckley has joined the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Group as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office.
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Latham & Watkins Plays a Leading Role on Thomas Cook’s £1.6 Billion Refinancing
Latham & Watkins has played a leading role for Thomas Cook Group PLC on the company’s £1.6 billion refinancing, a transaction that CEO Harriet Green has called a “milestone” in the turnaround of the 172-year-old tour operator’s history. Latham advised as lead counsel on both the €525 million underwritten bridge loan and high yield bond placement of the same size, and collaborated with Slaughter and May on the accompanying £425 million equity rights issue and £691 million bank re-financing.
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Bracewell Represents Chesapeake Energy Corp. in Sale of Midstream Assets to MarkWest Energy Partners, SemGroup Corporation
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the sale of certain midstream assets in the Anadarko Basin for $245 million to MarkWest Energy Partners. Bracewell is also representing Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the $300 million sale of Mid-America Midstream Gas Services, LLC to SemGroup Corporation.
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K&L Gates Continues Growth of Energy Practice with Addition of Portland Partners
The Portland office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes William H. Holmes and Teresa A. Hill as partners in the energy and infrastructure projects and transactions practice. Both arrive from Stoel Rives LLP.
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Mayer Brown Strengthens Banking & Finance Practice with Addition of Lawrence V. Berkovich in Charlotte
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that Lawrence V. Berkovich has joined the firm in Charlotte as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice. Previously, he was a counsel with Dechert LLP in Charlotte.
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King & Wood Mallesons Leads the Biggest Private Equity Float of the Year
KWM has acted on the launch of Virtus Health’s $339m raising which has signalled a revival of the dormant Australian IPO market.
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King & Wood Mallesons has advised GE Real Estate Investments Australia on its divestment of part of its office portfolio to Mirvac Group for approximately $584 million as the business transitions its focus towards debt financing.
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Continuing to add significant depth to its nationwide Intellectual Property bench, Fox is proud to welcome experienced trademark and copyright lawyer Michael J. Leonard to the firm’s Philadelphia office.
Jones Day Continues Expansion in Mexico City, Welcomes Banking & Finance Partner Alejandro Chico and Global Disputes Partner Antonio Gonzalez
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that two partners have joined the Firm’s Mexico City Office. Alejandro Chico will be part of Jones Day’s Banking & Finance Practice. He arrives from Bufete Robles Miaja, where he was a partner in that firm’s capital markets practice. Antonio Gonzalez will be part of Jones Day’s Global Disputes Practice. He arrives from Lopez Melih, Gonzalez, Facha y Estrada, where he was a founding and administrative partner. With the addition of these two new partners, Jones Day has added five partners in Mexico City this year and now has 37 lawyers there.
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Cravath – State Street’s $1.5 Billion Registered Senior and Senior Subordinated Debt Offering
Cravath represented the underwriters, led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley, in connection with the US$1.5 billion registered senior and senior subordinated debt offering of State Street Corporation, a provider of a broad range of financial products and services to institutional investors worldwide. The transaction closed on May 15, 2013.
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