Orrick Expands Corporate Practice in Tokyo

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Edward “Ted” S. Johnson has joined the firm as a partner in its M&A and Private Equity Practice Group based in the firm’s Tokyo office. A leading corporate and M&A lawyer in Japan, Mr. Johnson was formerly a partner with Paul Hastings where he previously served as Managing Partner of the Tokyo office.

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Weil Advises Edwards Group on Its Takeover by Atlas Copco

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has represented Edwards Group Limited, as co-counsel with Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP, on its takeover by Atlas Copco. Edwards, the Crawley, UK-headquartered developer and manufacturer of vacuum products, abatement systems and related value-added services, has entered in to a definitive merger agreement with Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco AB, which has leading positions in compressors, expanders and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises Underwriters in Cenovus Energy Inc.’s $800 Million Offering of Notes

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 Advises Novella on Its Acquisition by Quintiles

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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