The investment funds team at Lawrence Graham has advised GCP Sovereign Infrastructure Debt Limited on its initial public offering, raising U.S.$125 million by way of a placing and offer for subscription.  GCP Sovereign Infrastructure Debt Limited’s shares were admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange in late December 2013. More >>

Fennemore Craig Jones Vargas, a leading Mountain West regional firm, announces the addition of Bradley Richardson who recently joined the firm’s Las Vegas office. Richardson practices in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Professional Liability and Estate Planning and Probate.

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International law firm Clifford Chance advised The Carlyle Group on the first two investments by Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP), a newly established fund that focuses on oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oil field services and refining and marketing in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

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Carlos Muñiz, who served as senior counsel to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and most recently was deputy state attorney general, has joined McGuireWoods Consulting as a senior vice president and as a partner in the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Royal Bank of Canada as agent and the lead arrangers RBC Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Mizuho Bank, LTD., in connection with the refinancing and upsize of Garda World Security Corporation’s existing credit facility. More >>

Andrea Barach has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder and a member of the Firm’s Business Department.

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Allen & Overy announced today that Heath Tarbert and Gordon Miller have joined the Washington, D.C. office as partner and senior counsel, respectively, in its leading U.S. financial services regulatory practice.

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Addleshaw Goddard has announced the arrival of commercial litigation expert Bill Gilliam from Eversheds. The hire is part of the firm’s strategy to strengthen its core offering in Leeds as well as investing in its capability to handle large complex disputes in the healthcare sector in particular, and also in the IT, public and public procurement sectors.

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Davis Polk is advising J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as dealer managers in connection with a cash tender offer by The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. to acquire all outstanding shares of Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. for $57.50 per share. The offer is subject to conditions, including there being validly tendered and not withdrawn at least a majority of the total number of Jos. A. Bank shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis, Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank entering into a definitive merger agreement with respect to the acquisition of Jos. A. Bank by Men’s Wearhouse, receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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National law firm, Irwin Mitchell, has again boosted its fast-growing commercial practice with the announcement that it has appointed leading tax investigations partner, Phil Berwick, from Pinsent Masons.

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