Bingham McCutchen LLP expanded the capabilities of its top-ranked tax planning group with the addition of highly regarded corporate tax lawyer Joshua T. Brady as a partner in the Washington office.
McDermott Advises Irving Oil in $300 Million Joint Venture with TransCanada
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented Irving Oil, a privately owned regional energy and marketing company that owns and operates Canada’s largest refinery, in forming a joint venture with TransCanada to develop and construct the proposed $300 million Canaport Energy East Marine Terminal at Irving Canaport in Saint John, New Brunswick. Irving Oil will operate the Canaport Energy East Marine Terminal, which will connect the proposed $12 billion Energy East Pipeline project recently announced by TransCanada to an ice-free, deep water port.
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Sutherland Welcomes Attorneys Matt Block and Jason S. McCarter as Partners in the Firm’s Atlanta Office
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is pleased to announce the addition of four new attorneys to its Atlanta office. Matt Block has joined the firm’s Corporate Group as a partner and Jason S. McCarter has joined the firm’s Litigation Group also as a partner, while John D. (J.D.) Shipman joins as an associate and Stephanie H. Philips joins as litigation attorney. All were previously with Dow Lohnes.
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Weil Advises Brookfield Property Partners in $1.1 Billion Acquisition of Industrial Developments International
A Weil team led by Corporate partners Philip Rosen and Shayla Harlev is acting as counsel to Verde Realty Operating Partnership, L.P., a majority-owned subsidiary of funds managed by Brookfield Property Partners LP, in connection with the $1.1 billion acquisition of Industrial Developments International Inc. (IDI) from a subsidiary of Japan’s Kajima Corp. Based in Hamilton, Bermuda, Brookfield is an owner, operator, and investor in commercial properties. Through Verde’s purchase of IDI, which is based in Atlanta, Brookfield and its institutional partners will gain a network of 75 distribution facilities operating in 12 US states for a total of 27 million square feet of industrial distribution space. They will also add IDI’s 49 million square feet of future development projects and third-party property management business. Brookfield is purchasing about 25 percent of IDI; its partners will acquire the balance of the company.
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Arent Fox Adds Real Estate Transactions Partner M.J. Pritchett to San Francisco Office
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of both its nationally recognized Real Estate practice and its new San Francisco office with the addition of real estate transactions partner M.J. Pritchett. Mr. Pritchett joins Arent Fox less than a month after the addition of three Intellectual Property and Health Care attorneys to its Northern California office. He will focus his practice on real estate transactions involving acquisition, disposition, development, and leasing; secured lending and troubled debt resolution; and public finance and securitization.
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Cravath – Unilever’s Sale of Wish-Bone and Western Brands to Pinnacle Foods
On August 12, 2013, Unilever announced that it has signed an agreement for the sale of its Wish‑Bone and Western dressings brands to Pinnacle Foods Inc. for a total cash consideration of approximately US$580 million, subject to regulatory approval. Cravath represented Unilever in connection with this transaction, which is expected to close later in the third quarter, or early in the fourth quarter, of 2013.
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Paul Hastings Represents David H. Murdock in the $1.6 Billion Acquisition of Dole Food Company
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing David H. Murdock, chairman of the Board and CEO of Dole Food Company, and its largest stockholder, in the negotiation and the financing in connection with the $1.6 billion acquisition of Dole Food Company, Inc.
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Partner Tom Devaney Brings Fund Formation and Regulatory Expertise to Sheppard Mullin New York
Thomas M. Devaney has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group, based in the firm’s New York office. Devaney joins from Morrison & Foerster, where he was a partner and led that firm’s private funds practice in New York for more 7 years.
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Antitrust Litigator Laura Shores Joins Kaye Scholer as Partner
Noted antitrust litigator Laura Shores has joined Kaye Scholer as a partner in its Washington, DC office.
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SCOTUS Veteran and Solicitor General Office Alum Pratik Shah to Join Akin Gump, Co-Head Supreme Court Practice
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is pleased to announce that Pratik A. Shah, most recently an assistant to the solicitor general at the U.S. Department of Justice, will be joining the firm as co-head of the Supreme Court practice and a partner in the national appellate practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
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