O’Neal Webster Opens London Office

The partners of O’Neal Webster are pleased to announce the opening of its London office situated at 31, Southampton Row, London, in the legal heart of the capital.

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Vickery Joins Growing Business Team at Irwin Mitchell

The Manchester office of national law firm, Irwin Mitchell, has announced the appointment of partner, John Vickery, as part of its strategic drive to continue building a first-class business legal services team across the city.

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McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Continues Expansion of Corporate Practice with Addition of Partner Michael Rule in Orange County Office

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announced today the addition of Michael A. Rule as a partner in MLA’s Corporate practice. Based in Orange County, Rule has a national middle-market practice and regularly serves as lead transactions counsel and outside general counsel to both public and private companies. He is the eighth addition to MLA’s Corporate practice this year.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Fieldwood Energy LLC in Financing Supporting the Announced $3.75 Billion Acquisition of Apache Corporation’s Gulf of Mexico Shelf Business

The Firm is representing Fieldwood Energy LLC (“Fieldwood”), a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings LLC, in connection with the acquisition financing relating to its announced acquisition of Apache Corporation’s (NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) Gulf of Mexico Shelf business for $3.75 billion. The properties to be acquired represent the largest operated asset base on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf and comprise more than 500 blocks and 1.9 million net acres.

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Greenberg Traurig Expands Its Atlanta Office with the Addition of Prominent Litigator Clarence Davis

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, announced today that Clarence Davis has joined as shareholder in the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation and Commercial Litigation practices. Davis will be based in the firm’s Atlanta office.  Prior to joining the firm, Davis practiced at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Columbia, South Carolina in the areas of business, pharmaceutical and medical device, toxic torts, product liability, and class action trial defense.

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Leading Finance Lawyer Joins Chadbourne’s Istanbul Team

Chadbourne & Parke announced today that leading finance lawyer Çağdaş Selvi has joined the firm’s Istanbul team as a partner. Çağdaş joins the firm from the ASC law firm in Istanbul, where he advised clients on project finance, corporate finance, acquisition finance, banking, capital markets and derivative transactions. His experience involves representation of issuers and underwriters in public and private debt and equity offerings, with an emphasis on Rule 144A/Regulation S placements.

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Paul Hastings Advises on Financing for Fieldwood Energy’s $3.75 Billion Acquisition for Apache Corp.

Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing Citigroup Global Markets, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, BofA Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, in the underwritten committed debt financing for Fieldwood Energy’s LLC’s acquisition of Apache Corporation’s Gulf of Mexico Shelf business for $3.75 billion.

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Paul Hastings Advises Haitong International on its Convertible Bond Offering

Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Haitong International Securities Group Limited (“Haitong International”), a subsidiary of Haitong Securities Co., Ltd., the second largest securities firm in China by total assets, in its issuance of HK$776 million 1.25% convertible bonds due 2018. HSBC acted as the sole global coordinator, bookrunner and lead manager on the transaction.

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