Seyfarth Shaw announced today the arrival of veteran labor and employment lawyer Lawrence Lorber, who was the head of Proskauer’s Washington, D.C. employment practice immediately prior to joining Seyfarth.
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The Fisher & Phillips Columbus Office Continues to Grow with Addition of a New Partner
Fisher & Phillips LLP announced today that Bob Robenalt has joined the firm’s Columbus, Ohio, office as a partner, bringing a 25-year practice that focuses on employment litigation, traditional labor matters and workers’ compensation. He had been a partner with the firm of Ice Miller LLP.
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Davis Polk – Statoil $4 Billion Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Statoil ASA of $4 billion principal amount of notes guaranteed by its operating subsidiary, Statoil Petroleum AS. The offering consisted of $750 million principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2018, $750 million principal amount of 1.95% notes due 2018, $750 million principal amount of 2.9% notes due 2020, $1 billion principal amount of 3.7% notes due 2024 and $750 million principal amount of 4.8% notes due 2043.
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Davis Polk advised Bestgain Real Estate Lyra Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Vanke Co., Ltd. (China Vanke), in connection with its Regulation S issue of S$140 million 3.275% guaranteed notes due 2017 under its US$2 billion medium-term note program. The notes were guaranteed by China Vanke’s wholly owned subsidiary Vanke aReal Estate (Hong Kong) Company Limited and supported by a keepwell deed and an equity purchase undertaking from China Vanke.
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Morris, Manning & Martin Growing in D.C.
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP has recruited a litigation group to join its expanding D.C. office. Bonnie Hochman Rothell has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice and will be joined by an associate and paralegal. She will work closely with the firm’s Real Estate and Commercial Finance/Lending practices.
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Hanson Bridgett LLP Grows Litigation Expertise by Three
Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to welcome two new litigators to its Sacramento office. Andy Stroud, who joins as a partner, is well-known in civil, commercial and federal litigation, as well as intellectual property litigation. Landon Bailey joins our firm as an associate. In addition, Erin Sedloff joins the San Francisco office as a new litigation associate.
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Gilbert + Tobin Attracts One of Australia’s Leading Litigators
Pre-eminent commercial litigator Janet Whiting will join Gilbert + Tobin to lead the firm’s litigation practice in Melbourne.
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Linklaters Advises on Emlak Konut’s $1.6bn Secondary Public Offering – The Largest Share Offering in Turkey this Year
Linklaters has advised the underwriters Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Halk Yatirim on Emlak Konut’s $1.6 billion secondary public offering, which has announced today. This is not only the largest share offering in Turkey in 2013, it is also the largest primary offering of shares across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa region this year. It is also the largest share offering in the real estate sector in Europe in more than five years.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Cross-Border Financing for TransCanada Pipeline USA
Shearman & Sterling advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and TD Securities as arrangers and bookmanagers in connection with a $1 billion cross-border financing for TransCanada Pipeline USA Ltd.
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Pepper Hamilton Opens Silicon Valley Office
Marking the beginning of its expansion into Northern California—the center of the nation’s high-technology industry and home to seven of the top 10 patent-producing cities—AmLaw100 firm Pepper Hamilton LLP today opened the doors of its new Silicon Valley office. The office will complement Pepper’s two existing California offices and give its top-notch Intellectual Property Department deeper roots on the West Coast.
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