Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that John D. Penn has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice. He will also spend time as needed in the firm’s New York office working on Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in that venue. He was most recently a partner with Haynes and Boone LLP in Fort Worth. Penn is the fourth partner (and eighth attorney) to join the Dallas office since March.
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Dechert is representing Edgen Group Inc. in its sale to Sumitomo Corporation, which was disclosed today. The two companies have announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement whereby Sumitomo will acquire all outstanding shares of Edgen Group Inc. for US$12.00 per share in cash (“acquisition”). The acquisition, which is expected to close before the end of 2013, is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is estimated at $1.2 billion. Edgen is a leading global supplier of specialized products for worldwide energy and infrastructure markets.
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Cravath represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with the US$874 million initial public offering of class A common stock of Premier, Inc., a national healthcare alliance. The shares were listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The transaction closed on October 1, 2013.
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Global law firm Proskauer announced today that Michael J. Choate has joined the firm’s preeminent Real Estate Capital Markets group as a Partner. Mr. Choate has a distinguished track record with almost 25 years’ experience in REITs, securities and corporate finance, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Choate will be joined by Kevin M. Lippert who will serve as Senior Counsel. Both will be resident in the firm’s Chicago office.
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Gregory F. Hurley has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in the firm’s Orange County office as a partner in the firm’s Business Trial practice group. Hurley joins from Greenberg Traurig, where he helped open its Orange County office. Hurley co-chaired that firm’s ADA, Accessibility, Building & Life Safety Codes practice and managed its Orange County Litigation group for the last 10 years.
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Jenner & Block LLP announced that Joseph L. Noga has joined the firm as a partner in the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice in its New York office. Mr. Noga was most recently the deputy chief of litigation for GE Capital, the financial services unit of General Electric (GE), a role he assumed after heading litigation and investigations for several GE business units.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Citibank, N.A., as administrative Agent and collateral Agent, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead arrangers in connection with the financing in connection with Fieldwood Energy LLC’s acquisition of certain offshore oil and gas assets of Apache Corp. for $3.75 billion.
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The firm recently represented Embotelladora Andina S.A. (“Andina”) in an offering of US$575 million aggregate principal amount of 5.000% notes due 2023. The notes were offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
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Hogan Lovells today announced that former Department of Justice litigator Justin Savage will join the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. For nearly a decade, Savage worked in the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Environment and Natural Resources Division, where he was Senior Counsel and one of DOJ’s leading environmental trial lawyers.
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