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.
Tags: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | New YorkHolland & Knight is pleased to announce that William G. McCullough has joined the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services practices as a partner in Miami. Most recently, Mr. McCullough was a partner with Shutts & Bowen LLP.
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The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced that Randy J. Aoyama has joined the firm as partner and Bradley H. Logan has joined the firm as an associate, both resident in the Firm’s Phoenix, AZ office.
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Skadden represented Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, VTB, Deutsche Bank, UBS and TPG Capital as the joint bookrunners for the $1 billion IPO of Russian hypermarket chain Lenta Ltd., which priced on February 28 and closed on March 5 and 7 on the London and Moscow stock exchanges, respectively. This was the first dual listing of global depositary receipts on the London and Moscow stock exchanges.
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Burr & Forman LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has expanded its capabilities to serve the health care industry with the addition of four Birmingham-based attorneys.
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