Mayer Brown Continues White Collar Group Expansion with Addition of Former AUSA Marcus Christian in DC

Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Marcus Christian has joined the firm in Washington, DC as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and White Collar Defense & Compliance group. Previously, he was the Executive Assistant United States Attorney at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, the third-highest ranking position in one of America’s largest and busiest offices of federal prosecutors. In this role, Mr. Christian worked on the senior management team with responsibility for the Criminal, Civil, Appellate, Asset Forfeiture and Administrative Divisions.

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Paul Hastings Represents Wells Fargo in $750 Million Credit Facility for Parsley Energy, L.P.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent, in connection with a $750,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility for Parsley Energy, L.P.

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Cravath – IBM’s Strategic Partnership with SYNNEX

On September 10, 2013, IBM and SYNNEX Corporation announced a definitive agreement in which SYNNEX will acquire IBM’s worldwide customer care business process outsourcing services business for $505 million, consisting of approximately $430 million in cash and $75 million in stock. Cravath represented IBM in connection with this transaction.

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