Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP (www.clm.com) is pleased to announce that John M. (Jack) Griem, Jr. has joined the firm as partner in its intellectual property department effective July 22, 2013.
Tags: New YorkMacfarlanes Advises HayFin on Raising Its €1.4bn Special Opportunities Credit Fund
Macfarlanes has advised HayFin, a credit financing provider, on the raising of its Special Opportunities Credit Fund, which has closed with total commitments of approximately €1.4bn.
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Clifford Chance Advises Banks on a EUR 2.5 Billion Credit Facility Granted to Linde AG
Clifford Chance advised a syndicate of international banks on a EUR 2.5 billion revolving credit facility for Linde AG with a term of five years, including extension options for up to two additional years.
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Paul Hastings Continues Securities Litigation Expansion in New York with Partner Addition
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that securities and commercial litigator Shahzeb Lari has joined the firm as a partner with the Litigation practice in New York.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings Advises YFind Technologies Private Limited in Sale to Ruckus Wireless, Inc.
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Singapore-based YFind Technologies Private Limited in its sale to Ruckus Wireless, Inc. Yfind is a pioneer in indoor positioning and real-time location analytics and the inventor of the YFind Positioning System™ (YPS™). Ruckus intends to use the acquisition to enable new location-based services by combining its unique, Smart Wi-Fi technology with YFind’s range of location based services and analytical capabilities, transforming Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi networks into location-intelligent infrastructures.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Silicon ValleyPaul Hastings Represents UBS in FHC Health Systems, Inc. Refinancing
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and UBS Securities LLC., as lead arranger, in connection with the amendment and restatement of FHC Health Systems, Inc.’s first lien credit facilities for the purposes of, among other things, refinancing existing indebtedness.
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office General Counsel Moves to McDermott
McDermott Will & Emery announced today that Bernard J. Knight, Jr., General Counsel for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), is joining the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLPMcDermott Advises Telefόnica S.A. on EUR €8.1 Billion Acquisition of E-Plus Group from KPN N.V.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented Telefónica S.A. in connection with the multi Billion acquisition of E-Plus group from KPN N.V. Under the terms of the deal, Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG will acquire E-Plus group for a total purchase price of approximately EUR €3.7 billion and an additional share component in Telefónica Germany.
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Senior DOJ Official Steven F. Reich Joins Akin Gump
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced today that Steven F. Reich, who, until recently, served as associate deputy attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice, has joined the firm as a New York-based partner in the firm’s white collar defense and government investigations practice.
Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | New YorkAkin Gump Client Genesis Energy in $230M Acquisition of Hornbeck Assets
A cross-practice deal team led by Akin Gump global energy and transactions partners J. Vincent Kendrick and Patrick Hurley advised Houston-based Genesis Energy in its acquisition, for approximately $230 million, of all the assets of the downstream transportation business of Hornbeck Offshore Transportation, LLC.
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