Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing online payments services firm Skrill Group in the U.S. regulatory aspects of its acquisition by private equity group CVC Capital Partners for € 600 million (approximately $800 million).
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Allen R. Wolff has joined Anderson Kill P.C. as a shareholder in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Wolff’s practice concentrates in construction litigation, insurance recovery and the nexus between the two, as well as complex commercial litigation.
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David A. Suess, who has more than 14 years of experience in tax law, has joined Faegre Baker Daniels LLP as a partner in the tax advocacy group. He will practice from the law firm’s downtown Indianapolis office.
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Peter D. Cleary has joined the firm as Co-Head of its Asia Energy and Infrastructure Group, based in the Hong Kong office. Mr. Cleary will share leadership of this Asian practice group with Co-Head Yoichi Katayama, who is based in Japan.
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, continues to expand its top-rated national litigation team with the addition of John W. McGuinness to the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Litigation Division. He comes from BuckleySandler LLP and joins his former colleague Donna L. Wilson, who came to Manatt in late July.
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Advocates Yael Baratz, Ilan Gerzi, Benjamin Waltuch and Chen Moshe represented OPKO Health, Inc., a multi-national biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company, in listing all of the shares of OPKO on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (“TASE”) under the ticker symbol OPK. OPKO’s common stock will thereafter be listed on both the NYSE in the United States and the TASE in Israel.
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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today that the firm is continuing the expansion of its insurance and financial services practice in New York with the addition of capital markets partner Brian G. Barrett, who was most recently at Goldman Sachs as a Vice President in the Global Liquidity Products group, where he focused on financing transactions.
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Phelps Dunbar LLP announces the opening of a new firm office in Dallas/Fort Worth on July 16, 2013, established with six attorneys formerly of long-standing Texas firm Cantey Hanger LLP. This is Phelps Dunbar’s second location in Texas after Houston and 11th office overall.
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The Firm recently represented Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) and MerchCap Solutions LLC (“MCS”) in the formation of Maritime Finance Company, a new specialty finance company created to lend to the maritime industry. Maritime Finance will initially be capitalized with $580 million of equity, over 45% of which has been provided by KKR and its affiliates. The balance of the capital was arranged by MCS. The transaction closed on August 19, 2013.
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