Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Paul S. Bock has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Public Policy & Regulation Practice Group, focusing his work on legislative and policy advocacy before Congress and the Obama administration in healthcare, antitrust, financial services, agriculture, transportation and energy. He will serve as the top Senate Democratic lobbyist for the practice.
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Norton Rose is pleased to announce that Olga Farman is joining the Quebec City office as a partner in the business law group. Her practice areas are life sciences, healthcare and technology, business law and intellectual property law.
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International law firm Clifford Chance has advised Australia’s Griffin Coal on the successful A$7.5 million settlement of a claim by Perdaman Chemicals that originally sought compensation ofA$3.5 billion.
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Linklaters has advised the Republic of Slovenia on its dual tranche US$3.5 billion sovereign bond issue.
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Holland & Hart LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner Kevin Murray, and associates Nicole Squires, Ashley Peck, and Jennifer Horne to the firm’s Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources group. All four are based out of the firm’s Salt Lake City office, bringing the total number of Holland & Hart attorneys in Salt Lake City to 85.
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Orrick Rambaud Martel announced today that Charles Kaplan has joined the firm as a partner in its international arbitration and dispute resolution practice. Mr. Kaplan joins the firm’s Paris office from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP where he served as Co-Head of the Global Arbitration Practice Group.
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Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Tracey K. Merwise has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as Partner. Ms. Merwise, who previously served as Co-Chair of Severson & Werson’s Labor and Employment practice group, has more than 17 years of workplace law experience.
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International law firm Dechert LLP is advising Cosmote, Greece’s largest mobile network operator, on the divestiture of its mobile network operator, Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile EAD (Globul) and its telecommunications retailer, Germanos Telecom Bulgaria (Germanos) in Bulgaria to Norway’s Telenor for €717 million. The transaction is subject to relevant merger control approvals and is expected to finalize in Q3 2013.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented lead arranger Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in connection with a first lien ABL facility for Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated, a global provider of air transport services. The total financing consisted of a $100 million first lien ABL facility and a $400 million second lien notes offering. A portion of the notes proceeds were used as financing for the acquisition of Evergreen Helicopters, Inc.
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