Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that it is expanding its international platform by opening an office in London, England. The London office joins Ogletree Deakins’ network of more than 650 lawyers in 45 offices throughout the United States and in Europe. The London office represents the next phase in the firm’s international strategy, as part of its vision to be the premier global labor and employment law firm. The firm’s international expansion began with the opening of its Berlin office in December 2012 and the firm expects to continue its growth globally.

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International law firm Clifford Chance has advised Dangote Industries Limited, as borrower, on a USD 3.30 billion financing. The proceeds of the financing will be used for the planning, development and construction of a greenfield fertilizer manufacturing plant and a greenfield crude oil refinery plant. The plants are to be constructed in the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Nigeria, at a combined development cost of USD 9 billion. It will be the largest industrial complex project in the history of Nigeria.

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Vueling has signed the purchase agreement for the purchase of 62 narrow-body passenger jets with a total value of US$5.4 billion, as well as options to purchase a further 58 aircraft from Airbus.  The new aircraft will replace some older aircraft in the fleet as well as expand the fleet numbers overall.  Milbank advised Vueling on the transaction, with the team led out of London by Transportation & Space Group senior associate Jo Syrett.

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The US Department of Justice’s Jamillia P. Ferris has joined Hunton & Williams LLP as a partner in its antitrust and competition practice group. Ferris comes to the firm from the Antitrust Division at the DOJ, where she served as Chief of Staff and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General. In that capacity she oversaw significant enforcement matters and competition policy matters, including matters involving the high tech, health insurance, and financial services industries. Ferris also was the Antitrust Division’s decision-maker on important matters involving the aerospace and the electronic book industries. As Chief of Staff, Ferris managed budget and personnel issues. She was actively involved with domestic and international enforcement agencies on antitrust policy and enforcement matters, including the Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission. Ferris will be based in the firm’s Washington office.

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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Kodak Limited on a restructuring deal to settle its liabilities in relation to its UK defined benefit pension scheme, the Kodak Pension Plan (KPP), thereby supporting Kodak Limited’s parent company, Eastman Kodak Company (EKC), in successfully emerging from Chapter 11.

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