CMS has advised Norwegian oil & gas giant Statoil on the UK aspects of its US$2.65 billion sale of interests in a number of its UK and Norwegian Continental Shelf assets to Austria’s OMV. Statoil’s in-house legal team had overall responsibility for the transaction and advised on all aspects of the Norwegian part of the deal.
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Davis Polk advised The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation as underwriter in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by The Korea Development Bank of US$250 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4% notes due 2016. The notes are consolidated and form a single class of notes with KDB’s US$750 million aggregate principal amount of 4% notes due 2016 issued on March 9, 2011.
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King & Spalding recruited energy lawyer M. Kathryn Marietta to its global transactions practice as a partner in its Houston office. Marietta formerly was assistant general counsel of Apache Corporation.
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Winston & Strawn LLP today announced the opening of its Silicon Valley office. Scheduled to officially open its doors September 9, 2013, Winston & Strawn Silicon Valley is the seventeenth global office, and ninth U.S. office for the firm. The Silicon Valley office is a key step in expanding Winston & Strawn’s intellectual property litigation practice and presence on the West Coast.
Tags: Winston & Strawn LLP | Silicon ValleyDavis Polk advised ARM Holdings plc in connection with the acquisition by ARM Limited of Sensinode Oy. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Porter Wright welcomes antitrust litigator, Jay L. Levine, as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. Levine will serve clients from Porter Wright’s Washington, D.C., office.
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Justin Angelo, who represents major financial institutions in a wide range of consumer financial services litigation matters, has joined Ballard Spahr’s nationally recognized Consumer Financial Services Group in its Manhattan office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today.
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Foley announced today that Beth Boland has joined the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice as a partner in the Boston office.
Tags: Foley & Lardner LLPDavis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Korea Development Bank, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by Korea Finance Corporation of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.875% notes due 2018.
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