Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that Tony Dymond will join the firm as the sixth litigation partner in the firm’s London office. Mr. Dymond will join from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, where he was co-head of the firm’s Seoul office.
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Attorneys Robert Glass, Philip Hixon, Jared Nelson, Meagen Burrows, Susan Jordan and LeAnn Ellis will be joining the GableGotwals team effective January 1, 2014. Accompanying the attorneys will be their team of five professionals.
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Haynes and Boone, LLP New York continues its rapid expansion with the addition of Real Estate Partner Dave Calabrese, a lawyer with broad experience in all aspects of commercial real estate, encompassing conveyancing, leasing and financing.
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Simpson Thacher represented APX Group, Inc. (“Vivint”), a Blackstone portfolio company, in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.75% Senior Notes due 2020. The notes were issued as additional 8.75% Senior Notes due 2020 under the indenture dated as of November 16, 2012. Vivint used the proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, in connection with a $300,000,000 credit facility for Valero Energy Partners LP.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy announced that James Grandolfo, a leading capital markets lawyer known for his work across an array of equity and debt capital markets products throughout Asia, has joined the firm as a partner in the Hong Kong office effective December 16th. He will become a member of Milbank’s Global Securities group.
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Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP (“WFWAP”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised MISC Capital (L) Limited in relation to their USD$1 billion loan facility to refinance existing debt and for other corporate purposes.
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Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (DM&S) is pleased to announce that Geoffrey Grice has joined the firm in Singapore. The addition of Grice as a director grows the capacity of the corporate practice in Singapore, particularly in advising public and private sector clients on international energy and infrastructure projects and on cross border work throughout Asia, including Japan.
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