International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Mark B. Durrant has joined its Real Estate Group as a partner in the Firm’s Salt Lake City office.

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Holland & Hart LLP represented QEP Energy Company, a subsidiary of QEP Resources, Inc., in connection with their agreement to acquire oil and gas properties in the Permian Basin in west Texas for $950 million from EnerVest, Ltd. and its affiliates.

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Williams Mullen has taken a significant step in building its economic development practice with the addition of Anthony M. “Tony” Copeland as Partner in the firm’s Raleigh office. Mr. Copeland will be working along with former Secretary of Commerce and Trade for Virginia Pat Gottschalk, helping to lead the firm’s economic development team in North Carolina.

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Wragge & Co and Lawrence Graham are to merge, forming a new firm, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, from 1 May 2014. The partnerships of both firms have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the combination, which will create a £171 million business with 1,300 people, including 770 lawyers, operating from ten offices worldwide.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised ADR – Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A. – the company which manages Rome airport, on the launch of its €1.5 billion EMTN programme and inaugural issuance of €600 million 3.250 percent Senior Unsecured Notes.

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Weil is representing Earthbound Farm, one of the country’s leading organic food brands, in its acquisition by The WhiteWave Foods Company, a leading consumer packaged food and beverage company in North America and Europe, from its existing shareholders led by Kainos Capital and founders Drew and Myra Goodman. The transaction is valued at approximately $600 million.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Astaldi S.p.A. on its offer, completed December 4, of €500,000,000 7.125% Senior Notes due 2020, and on its additional offer, completed December 9, of €100,000,000 7.125% Senior Notes due 2020. The Notes have been admitted to be listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Euro MTF market on their closing dates. The Notes are senior obligations of the Issuer and are not guaranteed and have been offered only to qualified investors outside the United States of America pursuant to Regulation S under the US Securities Act, and to qualified institutional buyers, within the meaning of Rule 144A under the US Securities Act.

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