Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced the addition of George Baptista as a partner in its Banking & Finance practice and Latin America group in New York. He joins from Allen & Overy in New York, where he was senior counsel in the International Capital Markets Group.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as joint book-running managers, BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., CIBC World Markets Corp., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as senior co-managers, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., as co-managers, in connection with Cenovus Energy Inc.’s $800 million offering consisting of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.800% notes due 2023 and $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.200% notes due 2043.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Novella Clinical, a full-service clinical research organization (CRO) focused primarily on emerging oncology customers as well as those in the medical device and diagnostics sectors, in its agreement merge with Quintiles, the world’s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services.
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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of Partner Russell Jones and three associates to the firm’s Labor & Employment Team in Atlanta. Joining Mr. Jones are Kathryn McConnell, Sara Partin, and Camille Ward. They previously practiced with Dow Lohnes.
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Polsinelli welcomes experienced health care attorney Robert Layton to the firm’s Los Angeles office as a shareholder, joining a national Health Care Practice ranked by both the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) and Modern Healthcare as the nation’s fourth largest. Layton has practiced as a health care attorney for more than three decades, representing virtually every segment of the industry.
Tags: Polsinelli PC | Los AngelesPolsinelli welcomes attorney Patrick J. Henderson as a shareholder to its Corporate and Transactional Practice Group. Henderson serves clients in a variety of sectors including the motion picture exhibition industry. A leader in his field, Henderson was involved in assisting theatres across the country move from film to digital projection.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC (“ArcLight”) in connection with a $430 million dividend recapitalization term loan B facility for Bronco Midstream Funding, LLC (“Bronco”). The transaction closed on August 15, 2013.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised South African national electricity company Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd on the launch of its US$4 billion global Medium Term Note programme and the inaugural US$1 billion Reg S/Rule 144A bond issuance thereunder.
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Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that Robert L. Ruben has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Group as a partner in the firm’s Baltimore and Washington, D.C. offices. Ruben’s arrival further strengthens Duane Morris’ national gaming industry and corporate practices. Ruben joins the firm from Saul Ewing LLP, where he was chair of the firm’s Gaming & Racinos Practice Group.
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