Peter Karanjia is returning to Davis Wright Tremaine after serving for three years as Deputy General Counsel of the FCC, where he was responsible for overseeing all litigation involving the agency. Mr. Karanjia will join the firm’s Communications, Media, IP, & Technology Group in Washington, D.C., and will serve as Co-Chair of the Appellate Practice Group.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Tenwow International Holdings Limited (“Tenwow International”) in its US$203 million global offering and IPO on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Deutsche Bank and HSBC were the joint global coordinators and joint sponsors of the offering, and China International Capital Corporation, Deutsche Bank and HSBC were the joint bookrunners and joint lead managers of the offering.
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Cravath represented the underwriters, led by Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with the US$183 million registered offering of common stock of TriMas Corporation, a global manufacturer and distributor of products for industrial, commercial and consumer end markets. The shares were listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The transaction closed on September 16, 2013.
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Baker & McKenzie is advising Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited on its RMB 955 million acquisition of nine raw water, water treatment, water supply and sewage treatment projects, four of which are located in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, one in Fujian province, and four projects in Shandong province in the PRC, from Salcon Berhad, a company listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, and its joint venture company, Salcon Water (Asia) Limited.
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Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that John C. Ryan, a former partner at the firm, has rejoined Duane Morris’ Trial Practice Group as a partner in the Philadelphia office. Ryan joins the firm from ARAMARK Corporation, where he was Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. He was previously at Duane Morris as an associate from 1999 to 2003 and as a partner from 2004 to 2005.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has advised Poland’s leading private television broadcaster, TVN, in connection with an offering of €430m high yield notes to finance the redemption of outstanding high yield notes. Weil acted as US and Polish counsel to TVN.
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Shearman & Sterling represented alstria office REIT-AG, the leading German office Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), on the successful refinancing of its syndicated loan in the amount of €544 million. The early refinancing significantly improves the overall debt maturity profile of alstria and leads to a substantial reduction in financing charges.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLPNatalie Regoli has joined Baker & McKenzie’s North America Banking, Finance and Major Projects Practice as a partner in Houston, further boosting the Firm’s oil and gas capabilities. Ms. Regoli has extensive experience advising on the entire lifecycle of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, having recently served as the lead lawyer managing a $15 billion LNG facility in Angola, the largest in sub-Saharan African history.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Charles J. Stevens has returned to the firm in its San Francisco office as a partner. Stevens, a former Gibson Dunn partner, U.S. Attorney and Assistant U.S. Attorney, was the founding partner of Stevens, O’Connell & Jacobs, a litigation boutique focused on government investigations.
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King & Spalding has recruited Nathan E. Clukey as a partner in its tax practice to help expand the firm’s tax controversy and tax litigation practices. He will be resident in the Washington, D.C., office. Clukey had been a trial lawyer in the tax division of the U.S. Department of Justice since 2008.
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