Justin Angelo, who represents major financial institutions in a wide range of consumer financial services litigation matters, has joined Ballard Spahr’s nationally recognized Consumer Financial Services Group in its Manhattan office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today.
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Foley announced today that Beth Boland has joined the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice as a partner in the Boston office.
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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Korea Development Bank, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by Korea Finance Corporation of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.875% notes due 2018.
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Squire Sanders announced today that Adam Colvin has joined the firm as a partner in the Healthcare Practice Group. He will be resident in the firm’s Cincinnati office.
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The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with the public offering by Boston Scientific Corporation (“Boston Scientific”) of $1.05 billion of debt securities, consisting of $600 million of 2.65% notes due 2018 and $450 million of 4.125% notes due 2023. Boston Scientific will use the net proceeds from the offering, together with borrowings under its recent $400 million term loan facility, to redeem all or a portion of its 5.45% notes due June 15, 2014 and 4.50% notes due January 15, 2015, and to pay related fees, expenses and premiums.
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Holland & Knight, one of the largest law firms in the United States, announced today that it will open a new office in Mexico City. The decision to open its own office in Mexico City represents a new direction for the firm in Mexico. The firm previously operated in Mexico through a joint venture established in 1998.
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TMS International Corp. (NYSE:TMS) and The Pritzker Organization, LLC (TPO) announced earlier today a definitive merger agreement under which business interests of certain members of the Pritzker family will acquire TMS in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1 billion, including refinanced third-party debt. Kaye Scholer is advising TMS on legal matters related to the transaction.
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Troutman Sanders is pleased to announce that Brooks Smith, a top-ranked environmental and administrative lawyer, has joined the firm’s Environmental and Natural Resources practice in the Richmond office. He previously served as co-chair of the environmental practice at Hunton & Williams. Smith will help the firm execute various strategic initiatives focused on environmental markets, sustainability, coal, energy, water, and compliance assurance.
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On Aug. 26, Gordon & Rees opened a Raleigh, N.C., office led by longtime partner Thomas A. Packer, who serves as its managing partner.
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On August 23, Darling International Inc., a leading provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the food industry, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., for approximately $614 million in cash. Willkie represented BMO Capital Markets Corp., financial advisor to Darling, in the transaction.
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