Porter Hedges Grows Corporate Practice with New Partner Michael Larkin

Michael T. Larkin has joined Porter Hedges as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of securities, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and corporate and securities law matters. He has experience representing companies in the oil and gas, health care, telecommunications, technology, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and professional services industries.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in Establishing Inaugural $1.65 Billion Private Equity Fund

Simpson Thacher represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in the establishment of Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund LP, a private equity fund focused on infrastructure investment opportunities in the North American middle market, targeting the water and utilities, energy and power and transportation sectors.   The Fund, which was oversubscribed, accepted capital commitments up to its cap of $1.65 billion.  Stonepeak was founded by Michael Dorrell and Trent Vichie, who were formerly members of the infrastructure investment team at Blackstone.

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McGlinchey Stafford Opens New Office in Southern California

McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that the firm has opened a new office in Irvine, California. This is the first West Coast office for the growing national law firm. McGlinchey Stafford now has 180 attorneys in ten offices across the states of California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Ohio and Texas.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Caixa Econômica Federal’s $1.25 Billion Senior Notes Issuance

Shearman & Sterling represented Caixa Econômica Federal, the largest fully government-owned bank in Latin America, in connection with the issuance of US$1,250,000,000, 4.500% senior notes due 2018 under its US$5,000,000,000 medium-term note program. The notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., BB Securities Ltd., Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as joint lead managers.

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