Simpson Thacher is representing First Reserve Corporation and its portfolio company Templar Energy LLC in connection with a $1.0 billion acquisition of oil and gas assets located in the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma from Forest Oil Corporation. The transaction is expected to close on or before November 25, 2013, and is subject to customary purchase price adjustments, regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | HoustonChadbourne & Parke announced today that two of the nation’s most prominent municipal bankruptcy lawyers, Lawrence A. Larose and Samuel S. Kohn, have joined the firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring practice as partners in their New York office. They come from Winston & Strawn, where they represented major creditors in virtually every recent major municipal restructuring, both in and out of court. Larose also served as Chair of Winston & Strawn’s Municipal Bankruptcy and Insolvency group.
Tags: New YorkChadbourne & Parke announced today that leading investment management lawyer Beth Kramer has joined the firm as a partner in the private funds practice. Kramer joins the firm from K&L Gates, where she focused her practice on investment management, private funds and SEC regulatory and compliance issues.
Tags: New YorkHerbert Smith Freehills LLP is delighted to announce the recruitment of Scott S. Balber to its leading dispute resolution practice. Scott joins Herbert Smith Freehills as a partner in New York, where he will become the firm’s Head of Investigations and Financial Services Litigation for the US and establish the firm’s US corporate crime and investigation practice.
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Baker & McKenzie advised the joint sponsors – BOCI Asia Limited (“BOCI”) and J.P. Morgan Securities (Far East) Limited – and the joint global coordinators – BOCI and J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, as Hong Kong and US law counsel, on the HK$2,016 million global offering of Nexteer Automotive Group Limited (“Nexteer”), a global leading automotive steering and driveline systems supplier. The shares commenced trading on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 7 October 2013.
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Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that David J. Wolfsohn and Aleksander J. Goranin, formerly of the IP boutique Woodcock Washburn, have joined Duane Morris’ Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group as partners in the Philadelphia office. The addition of Wolfsohn and Goranin further bolsters Duane Morris’ national reputation in intellectual property, recognized as having one of the leading IP groups in the United States by U.S. News and World Report, Intellectual Property Today, IP Law360 and other publications.
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomes four new attorneys to its Business Immigration & Compliance practice as the firm grows its Atlanta office to further address the market’s global capabilities. Attorney Ian Macdonald, previously Co-Chair of Littler Mendelson’s Global Mobility & Immigration Practice Group, joins as a shareholder. Scott Decker, Emily Liss and Avani Patel join as associates. The new team also includes a group of 12 paralegals and professional staff, making Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration practice one of the largest in Georgia, as well as in the United States.
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Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, will combine with Colombian law firm Godoy Córdoba Abogados and Costa Rican law firm BDS Asesores under the name “Littler Global.” Effective October 1, Littler’s expansion into Central America and further development in South America solidifies its position as the leading provider of labor and employment solutions in the Latin American region and around the globe.
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The Orange County office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes David C. Lee as a partner in the firm’s corporate/M&A practice. Lee joins K&L Gates from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised China Merchants Bank on its 680,423,172 H-rights shares issuance which raised approximately US$1 billion in Hong Kong. The bank’s latest H-rights offering follows its Shanghai Stock Exchange listing of 2,962,813,544 A-rights shares in September, which raised approximately US$4.5 billion.
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