Global law firm Proskauer announced today that Colleen M. Hart has joined the firm as an Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits partner, to be resident in the Los Angeles office. Ms. Hart adds depth to Proskauer’s highly regarded Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & ERISA Litigation Group and West Coast transactional capabilities.
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that partner Siamak Mostafavi and associate Nicolas André will join the Tax Practice in the Firm’s Paris Office. Mr. Mostafavi will join on October 1, Mr. André on October 11. They both join from Allen & Overy’s Paris office, where Mr. Mostafavi founded the tax team in 1999.
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Dentons Canada LLP is pleased to announce that Jason A. Saltzman has joined the firm as a partner in the Toronto office Corporate Finance and Securities group. Previously, Jason practised as a partner with another major Canadian law firm.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised the debt financing providers in connection with affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.’s acquisitions of PRA International and ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., both leading global contract research organizations that provide outsourced clinical development services to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
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DLA Piper has advised a syndicate of banks consisting of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Natixis and Société Générale on a US$195m prepayment facility for Xinjiang Zhaokun Trading Co. Ltd (“Zhaokun”), an aluminium producer in the Kashgar province of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), to finance the purchase and production of aluminium, and to refinance an existing prepayment facility provided by Zhaokun’s existing offtaker, Gerald Metals S.A.
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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green is pleased to announce that Jeremy M. Brown has joined as a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment practice, in the Newark office.
Tags: Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.Lindquist & Vennum LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas E. Hoffman has joined the firm as a partner in the financial restructuring & bankruptcy practice group. His practice will focus on representing financial institutions, insurance companies and similar organizations in commercial workout and bankruptcy matters. He will also represent financial institutions in consumer regulatory and compliance matters.
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Adrian M. Fenty has joined the firm’s Business Development department, where he will focus on expanding the firm’s Emerging Company & Venture Capital practice and supporting various firm and client strategic initiatives. Most recently Special Counsel at Klores Perry Mitchell P.C., Fenty rose to national prominence when he served as Mayor of Washington, D.C. from 2007 – 2011.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is representing Applied Materials Inc., a Santa Clara, California-based leader in semiconductor equipment manufacturing, in its merger with Japan-based Tokyo Electron Ltd., to create a new company with a combined market capitalization of approximately $29 billion (2.8 trillion yen).
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP served as legal counsel to Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc., in its role as financial adviser to the special committee of the board of directors of Yongye International, Inc., which has announced its intention to be taken private.
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