The Orange County office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes David C. Lee as a partner in the firm’s corporate/M&A practice. Lee joins K&L Gates from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Advised on China Merchants Bank $1 Billion Rights Shares Offering in Hong Kong
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised China Merchants Bank on its 680,423,172 H-rights shares issuance which raised approximately US$1 billion in Hong Kong. The bank’s latest H-rights offering follows its Shanghai Stock Exchange listing of 2,962,813,544 A-rights shares in September, which raised approximately US$4.5 billion.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Bank of Montreal’s $2.5 Billion Medium-Term Notes Offering
Shearman & Sterling represented BMO Capital Markets Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead underwriters in connection with Bank of Montreal’s registered public offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Senior Notes due 2019 and $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Notes due 2015 under its US medium-term note program.
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Greenberg Traurig Expands Its Houston Office with the Addition of Christopher L. Bell
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP added shareholder Christopher L. Bell in the environmental, energy and litigation practice groups, including environmental & toxic tort litigation.
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that preeminent attorney Charles S. Birenbaum has joined the firm as its Chair of Northern California. Birenbaum will be based out of the firm’s San Francisco office and will be a shareholder in the Labor and Employment Practice. Birenbaum joins the firm from Winston & Strawn, LLP, where he was a senior member of the Labor and Employment Practice, former Managing Partner of the San Francisco office, and former member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | San FranciscoGreenberg Traurig Represents Jarden Corporation in its $1.75 Billion Acquisition of Yankee Candle
A multi-office team of attorneys with international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP represented Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) in the acquisition of Yankee Candle from a fund managed by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, a private equity firm. The transaction closed today and was valued at $1.75 billion in cash, subject to working capital and other adjustments.
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Cravath – IBM’s Acquisition of The Now Factory
On October 1, 2013, IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire The Now Factory, a privately held, Dublin, Ireland‑based provider of analytics software that helps communications service providers deliver better customer experiences. Cravath represented IBM in connection with this transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2013. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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McDermott Advises Premier in $874 Million IPO
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a national healthcare alliance, in connection with its initial public offering of 32,374,751 shares of Class A common stock, including 4,222,793 shares issued upon the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares to cover over-allotments.
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Goodwin Procter Expands Consumer Financial Services Litigation Group with Addition of Benjamin P. Saul in D.C.
Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, announced today that Benjamin P. Saul has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in its Consumer Financial Services Litigation Group. Saul joins Goodwin from BuckleySandler where he was a partner resident in Washington, D.C.
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Reed Smith’s Greg Jordan to Join PNC in Senior Executive Role
Reed Smith LLP today announced that Global Managing Partner Gregory B. Jordan is leaving the firm to join The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC). Alexander “Sandy” Thomas, formerly Global Chair Litigation at Reed Smith, will succeed Mr. Jordan as the firm’s Global Managing Partner.
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