White and Williams LLP is pleased to welcome Earl M. Forte as a partner located in the Philadelphia office. He will be a member of the General Commercial Litigation group as well as the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy group.
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Adds Jeffrey S. Gleason to Business Litigation Practice
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Jeffrey S. Gleason has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office as a Principal in the firm’s Business Litigation Group.
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DLA Piper Advises on SNF Floerger’s $500m Refinancing
DLA Piper advised SNF Floerger, the world’s leading producer of flocculants for water treatment, oil and gas applications (including enhanced oil recovery), and mineral extraction, on the refinancing by its holding company SPCM SA. This half a billion US$ transaction was successfully completed, notwithstanding volatile market conditions.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Advised Virgin Australia on Asia Pacific’s First US$797.2 Million Enhanced Equipment Notes Offering
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Virgin Australia Holdings Limited on its ground breaking US$797.2 million enhanced equipment note offering, the first of its kind in Asia Pacific. The offering closed on 22 October.
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Environmental Enforcement Veteran Joins Pillsbury in Washington, D.C.
Pillsbury today announced that Matthew Morrison has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources practice. He has almost 25 years of experience in this area, most recently serving as Deputy Director of the Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and as the prior Acting Director and Associate Director of the Air Enforcement Division of EPA’s Office of Civil Enforcement. Prior to that, Morrison served for over a dozen years as a trial and then supervising attorney in the environmental enforcement office at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Littler Increases Attorney Ranks in Dallas with the Addition of Celeste R. Yeager
Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Celeste R. Yeager as a shareholder to the firm’s Dallas office. Yeager, previously a partner with Gardere and vice chair of its Hospitality Industry Team, brings a comprehensive labor and employment litigation and counseling practice to Littler.
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Bracewell & Giuliani Adds Cornerstone IP Partner to New York Office
Nationally recognized trademark attorney Mark N. Mutterperl has joined the New York office of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP as a partner. He will serve as a leader in the firm’s national brand protection practice and strengthen the firm’s IP litigation practice.
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Cravath – Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company’s $3 Billion Debt Offering
Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Securities, Mizuho Securities and Rabo Securities USA Inc., in connection with the US$3 billion 144A/Reg. S debt offering of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of gum and a leader in the non‑chocolate confections category. The proceeds from the offering were used to repay borrowings from Mars, Incorporated, fees and expenses related to other refinancing transactions and general corporate purposes. The transaction closed on October 21, 2013.
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McDermott Expands Trial Practice in Miami
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that it has named Effie D. Silva as a partner in its Trial Practice Group, based in Miami.
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Deputy Director of the National Advertising Division Joins Loeb & Loeb
Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that David G. Mallen, the deputy director of the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) and an experienced attorney in the areas of advertising and consumer protection law, has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Mallen brings with him nearly 15 years of experience from NAD, the advertising industry’s self–regulatory body, which investigates and adjudicates issues relating to truth and accuracy in advertising.
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