O’Melveny & Myers LLP is pleased to announce that John J. Rapisarsdi and George A. Davis, former co-chairs of Cadwalader’s Global Financial Restructuring Department, and former Cadwalader partner Peter M. Friedman will be joining O’Melveny as partners in the Firm’s Restructuring Practice. Widely recognized among the country’s most respected restructuring lawyers, Rapisardi, Davis, and Friedman have played key roles in some of the largest restructuring projects and most significant bankruptcies ever filed. Based in New York, Rapisardi and Davis will become Global Co-Practice Group Leaders of O’Melveny’s Restructuring Group, and Friedman will reside in the Firm’s DC office. San Francisco-based O’Melveny partner Suzzanne Uhland will serve as US Practice Group Leader of the Restructuring Group.

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Cahill represented Praxair, Inc. in connection with its public offering of $650,000,000 comprised of $475,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.25% Notes due 2018 and $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.55% Notes due 2042. Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.

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Hunton & Williams LLP continues the expansion of its global corporate practice, adding Alison Dreizen to its New York office as partner. She has more than 30 years of global corporate experience in the financial services, manufacturing, mining and shipping sectors. Dreizen joins the firm from White & Case, where previously she was the resident partner in Moscow and spent a year in its Hong Kong office.

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Veteran corporate lawyer Stephen M. Fields joined Dentons today as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group. Fields focuses his practice on investment transactions on behalf of fund managers in leveraged buyouts, mezzanine investing and advising small business investment companies (SBICs) on their formation, licensing and investment transactions. He will be resident in the firm’s New York office.

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