McCarter & English, LLP is pleased to announce two new attorneys with the firm’s labor and employment law practice. Craig Bonnist joins as a partner, and Barbara Curtis as an associate, in the firm’s Stamford office. They worked together previously at Bonnist & Cutro, LLP. In addition to continuing their practices in New York and New Jersey, Bonnist is actively expanding the firm’s labor and employment group in the Fairfield County region.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jose W. Fernandez, the former Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. During his tenure, Fernandez led the bureau that was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the State Department’s commercial diplomacy worldwide. At Gibson Dunn, he will focus his practice on mergers and acquisitions and finance in emerging markets in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.“Throughout his career in private practice, Jose focused on M&A and finance, including project finance, privatizations and restructurings, primarily in Latin America and Africa,” said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “And during his tenure with the State Department, Jose further deepened and broadened his emerging markets experience to Europe, Asia and the MENA region. He also gained substantial experience in important areas of U.S. law that are critical to major global clients, including trade sanctions and CFIUS, which will complement our existing regulatory expertise and enable us to deliver a more comprehensive compliance package to our clients throughout the world.”
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In one of the largest unsecured credit financings ever in the aircraft leasing industry, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy represented a group of leading financial institutions in providing an $850 million revolving credit facility for leading aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group.
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Kevin Lyskowski, former senior counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Environment and Natural Resources Division, has joined Faegre Baker Daniels LLP’s environmental practice as a partner in Washington, D.C.
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Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by Credit Suisse, RBC Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley, in connection with the US$1.6 billion 144A/Reg. S high-yield senior debt and senior payment-in-kind (PIK) “toggle” debt offering of Mariposa Borrower, Inc. and Mariposa Merger Sub LLC, issuers controlled by Ares Management and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. Cravath also represented the lead arrangers, led by Credit Suisse, RBC Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley, of a $2.9 billion term loan to Mariposa Merger Sub LLC. The financing was in connection with the acquisition of Neiman Marcus Group LTD Inc., one of the largest luxury, multi-branded, fashion retailers in the world. Cravath previously represented Credit Suisse as joint lead arranger of committed financing in connection with the acquisition. The transaction was completed on October 25, 2013.
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Felicia V. Manno as a shareholder in its Litigation Practice. Based in the Chicago office, Manno will focus her practice on litigation, white collar criminal defense and health care matters. Prior to joining the firm, Manno spent 11 years as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA), most recently serving as the Criminal Health Care Fraud Coordinator in the United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
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Holland & Knight is enhancing its Latin America and Financial Services practice groups in New York with the addition of partner Stephen Double. Mr. Double represents investment banks, financial institutions and corporations worldwide in connection with capital markets, lending, securitizations and other finance transactions, with a primary focus on Brazil and Latin America.
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The Firm represented Hyundai Rotem Company (“Hyundai Rotem”) in connection with its initial public offering in Korea of 27,060,000 common shares with an offering size of approximately US$585 million. This offering was the largest IPO by a Korean company since 2010.
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Herbert Smith Freehills advised Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC as the placing agent on a US$294 million private placement of new H-shares in Chinese railway power equipment maker Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Company Limited.
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Waller, one of the nation’s preeminent law firms serving the healthcare industry, announced today that veteran healthcare attorney Colin H. Luke has joined the firm as a partner in its Birmingham, Alabama office. Luke, who joins Waller from Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, advises healthcare providers in a wide range of regulatory, operations and transactional matters.
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