Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Robert Rosen has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as Partner. Mr. Rosen comes to Jackson Lewis from Epstein Becker Green, where he was a partner and practiced in the Labor and Employment and Litigation groups.
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Steven Bloom has joined Akerman Senterfitt as a shareholder in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group in New York. He joins the firm after serving as partner at Bryan Cave LLP and formally Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP.
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In its latest major financing transaction on behalf of a Brazilian state, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP acted as special U.S. counsel to Bank of America in providing a credit and guaranty agreement for US$662 million to the state of Maranhão, with a guarantee by the Brazilian federal government.
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Vinson & Elkins advised the successful sponsor consortium partners Malakoff Corporation Berhad, Sumitomo Corporation, and Cadagua S.A. on the development and financing of the Ghubrah seawater desalination project (IWP) in Oman. The key financing documents were executed last week and financial close is expected imminently. The project is the second IWP in Oman and will supply water for daily use equivalent to the amount consumed by approximately 800,000 people.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP represented Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) in the sale of a music publishing catalog, comprised of music from SPE’s film and television releases between 1993 and 2012, to ole Music Publishing LLC.
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Prince Lobel Tye LLP is pleased to announce that John Markey has joined the firm. Markey’s practice focuses on internal investigations and corporate compliance, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He is a veteran trial attorney in both white collar and complex civil litigation in state and federal courts.
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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Dean Naumowicz has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Naumowicz has extensive experience advising on a wide range of derivatives and structured products including credit, equity and commodity transactions. He has particularly well-developed expertise advising on Sharia-compliant derivatives transactions and he has advised on innovative financial structures in emerging markets covering all asset classes.
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Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch as joint book-running managers of the several underwriters in connection with the initial public offering by Graña y Montero S.A.A. of 19,534,884 American Depositary Shares, each representing five of its common shares, at a price per ADS of US$21.13. The offering raised gross proceeds of US$412.8 million. The ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GRAM.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.2% senior notes due 2018 under its $25 billion medium-term notes program.
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