Clifford Chance has advised multinational Rockwood Holdings Inc on its joint venture with China’s Chengdu Tianqi Industry Group, that will give Rockwood a 49% ownership interest and Tianqi a 51% interest in Australia’s Talison Lithium Ltd.

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges was legal counsel to Montagu Private Equity, a leading European private equity firm, and other selling shareholders in connection with the transaction announced on December 2, 2013 the sale of a 100% stake in Emitel sp. z o.o., the leading terrestrial radio and TV broadcast infrastructure operator in Poland, to funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners, one of the world’s largest infrastructure investment funds, for an undisclosed sum. This was Poland’s largest ever private equity transaction.

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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited, China’s largest polysilicon and solar wafer producer, on its US$200 million 0.75% convertible bonds due 2018.

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Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce that Dennis R. Very has joined the firm as a Partner in the Pittsburgh office bringing with him a variety of oil and gas law experience as Chief Compliance Officer and Manager of Legal Affairs for Mountaineer Keystone LLC, an Appalachian basin oil and gas exploration and development company. While at Mountaineer Keystone, Mr. Very drafted, analyzed and negotiated agreements concerning the exploration and development of Mountaineer Keystone’s oil and gas interests including midstream, drilling, and service agreements. Mr. Very also developed and implemented a compliance program, managed risk, as well as presented on-site training programs.

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McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announced the addition of Thomas J. Kelly, Jr. as a partner in MLA’s White Collar Criminal Defense practice. Based in the Washington, DC office, Mr. Kelly is a seasoned white collar criminal defense, environmental litigator, and trial lawyer.

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Lee Kelley, most recently deputy tax legislative counsel in the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy, has joined Covington & Burling as a partner in the firm’s tax practice. Ms. Kelley, who has extensive expertise in consolidated returns and subchapter C, will focus on corporate tax matters, including structural and transactional planning.

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Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Teresa (Terry) Stanek Rea, former acting and deputy director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and acting and deputy under secretary of commerce for intellectual property, has returned to Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. She also joins as a director with C&M International, Ltd. (CMI), the international trade and investment consulting firm affiliated with Crowell & Moring. Rea brings to the firms an impressive breadth of domestic and international experience and skills. Her private practice background in intellectual property (IP) and international trade coupled with her senior government service combine to make Rea a true asset for advising clients in the explosive growth area of IP protection. Rea will work with clients in several key areas, including global IP policies and strategies, patent enforcement and post-grant administrative proceedings, trade secrets policy and enforcement, and digital/Internet-related copyright issues.

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