Akin Gump today announced the addition of Michael J. Byrd as a partner in the firm’s energy practice in Houston. Mr. Byrd is an experienced and recognized attorney in the oil and gas industry, whose practice emphasizes upstream M&A transactions. He comes to Akin Gump from Baker & McKenzie, where he served as chair of that firm’s North America oil and gas practice group.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that John Cobb has joined the firm’s Leveraged Finance practice as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Cobb joins from Weil, where he was a partner with the Capital Markets and Banking & Finance practices.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Andrew Tenzer has joined the firm’s Restructuring practice as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Tenzer joins from Shearman & Sterling, where he was a partner.
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Simpson Thacher recently represented HCA Inc. in its high yield offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 and $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2024. HCA intends to use the net proceeds for the repayment and redemption of certain series of its existing secured and unsecured notes and for general corporate purposes.
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Morrison & Foerster is advising Global Logistic Properties Limited (GLP), the leading provider of modern logistics facilities in China, Japan and Brazil, on its portfolio acquisition of 34 assets in Brazil from BR Properties S.A., the second largest modern logistics provider in Brazil.
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Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner Baird D. Fogel to the firm’s Corporate and Energy groups. Fogel joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s Global Project Finance Practice.
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Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its nationally recognized Real Estate practice with the addition of partners Mark S. Fawer and Carolyn Austin and associate Brandilyn Y. Dumas. Mr. Fawer, Ms. Austin, and Ms. Dumas are joining the firm’s New York office, where they will focus on representing lenders, private equity funds, real estate developers, real estate investment trusts, and other investors in the financing, acquisition, disposition, and development of multifamily, retail, industrial, office, and hotel properties.
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Attorney Xavier Ruiz has joined Holland & Knight’s New York office as a partner in its international cross-border transactions and Latin America practice groups. Mr. Ruiz brings a background in sophisticated cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, finance transactions and privatizations. In his previous law firm work, he led the Spanish/Latin American practice for two international firms.
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Davis Polk is advising J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as financial advisers to The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. in connection with its definitive agreement to acquire Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. for $65.00 per share in cash, or total consideration of $1.8 billion. The transaction, which is expected to close by the third quarter of 2014, is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse as underwriters in connection with the secondary public offering by certain shareholders of Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN), valued at $1,387,500,000. The offering made available 30,000,000 shares of common stock. The selling stockholders received all of the proceeds of the sale.
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