Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, a national law firm with 450 lawyers and government relations professionals, announced that Robert N. Wolkofsky, a partner in the finance practice of K&L Gates, joined the firm as a shareholder in its Financial Services practice.
Tags: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PCThe Firm represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as administrative agents under four credit facilities in connection with the merger of directory publishers Dex One Corp. and SuperMedia Inc. (now known as Dex Media Inc.). The merger was effectuated pursuant to prepackaged chapter 11 cases for Dex One and SuperMedia, with their respective plans of reorganization being confirmed by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court on April 29, 2013.
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Simpson Thacher represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with the refinancing of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation’s existing term loan credit facility using proceeds from a new $200,000,000 term loan facility.
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Brown Rudnick LLP is pleased to announce that white collar defense attorney Stephen A. Best has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the White Collar Defense and Government Investigations Group. Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Mr. Best served as the chair of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations Group. Angela Papalaskaris is also joining Brown Rudnick’s White Collar Defense and Government Investigations Group as a senior associate in the New York office.
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Holland & Hart LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Cole Wist to the firm’s labor and employment practice. Wist is a partner based out of the firm’s Denver Tech Center office.
Tags: Holland & Hart LLP | DenverStevens & Lee announced today that Eric M. Robinson has joined the firm’s Litigation Department and will reside in its New York City office.
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Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce that Donald Guiney has joined its London Capital Markets Group.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has advised OMERS Private Equity (OPE) on its acquisition of Civica, the specialist systems and business process services provider, for an enterprise value of £390 million. The transaction was conducted on an expedited timetable following a highly contested auction process.
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Leading international law practice, Norton Rose has advised on the launch of Cobalt Underwriting, the first Shariah-compliant underwriting agency. Based in the Lloyd’s building, it is backed by investment from Capita and the Bank of London and Middle East, the largest western Shariah-compliant financial institution.
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