Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, is representing Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) in the acquisition of Australian engineering consulting firm Sinclair Knight Merz for a cash purchase price of approximately AUS$1.3 billion (approximately US$1.2 billion as of the date of this release).
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The Seattle office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Carla M. DewBerry as a partner in the health care practice. DewBerry joins the firm from Garvey Schubert Barer.
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Charles F. “Chuck” Connolly, most recently the chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in its litigation practice in Washington, D.C. Since 2002, Mr. Connolly has served in several capacities within the Department of Justice (DOJ), including as a counselor to the attorney general and an assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting complex fraud cases for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Connolly practiced with a large, international law firm.
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Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, the Singapore-based joint venture between Duane Morris LLP and Singapore’s Selvam LLC, announced today that it has established an office in Yangon, Myanmar. The firm will serve international and domestic clients through two closely integrated entities: Duane Morris & Selvam (Myanmar) and Selvam & Partners. Attorneys will serve clients on investment and business matters, including all aspects of tax, licensing, regulatory, market entry, reporting requirements and U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act issues. It is the first launch in the country by a U.S.-based law firm.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Huntington Investment Company as the joint bookrunning managers in connection with a registered offering by Huntington Bancshares Incorporated of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.60% Senior Notes due 2018. Shearman & Sterling also represented the underwriters in connection with a concurrent 3(a)(2) offering by The Huntington National Bank, a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.35% Senior Notes due 2016. The proceeds from the offerings will be used for general corporate purposes.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling is advising Western Digital Corp. in the acquisition by its subsidiary, HGST, of Virident Systems, Inc. in a transaction valued at $685 million. Closing of the acquisition, which is subject to customary conditions, is expected to occur in the fourth calendar quarter of 2013.
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Bankruptcy lawyer David Kidd was recruited by international law firm Linklaters this week, according to a firm press release. The Hong Kong attorney will start the new job next month.
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Bankrupcty lawyer John Bae has been hired the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., according to a press release.
Tags: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. | New YorkLinklaters today announces that Gavin Lewis is to join the firm as a partner in the firm’s litigation practice and will be based in Hong Kong. Gavin will join from Herbert Smith Freehills.
Tags: Linklaters LLP | Hong KongAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised South Korea’s SK E&S in a binding 20-year Liquefaction Tolling Agreement with Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. for 2.2 million tons per annum of capacity in the third train of Freeport LNG’s proposed natural gas liquefaction and LNG loading facility on Quintana Island, Texas.
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