Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that Gregory M. Munson, an attorney and former deputy secretary for water policy with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, will join the firm as a shareholder in its Tallahassee office on September 23.
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Miles & Stockbridge P.C. continues the strategic expansion of its Intellectual Property Practice with the addition of seven lawyers and a patent agent. On August 26th, the firm will welcome Susan McBee, Chester Moore, and David Woodward as principals; Richard Henderson as of counsel; Bryan Jones and David Vanik as counsel; and Shazi Jiang as an associate. All were previously with the Washington, D.C. office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. William Brett Stauffer, a registered patent agent, will also join the firm.
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On August 20, private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Robert & Co. L.P. (KKR) announced the formation of Maritime Finance Company, a new specialty finance company created to lend to the maritime industry. Willkie is advising Maritime Finance Company and its founders, Kristan Bodden and Gabriel Tolchinsky, in the deal. The company will be initially capitalized by a $580 million investment, 45% of which has been provided by KKR and its affiliates. The balance was arranged by MerchCap Solutions LLC. The new investment platform will acquire assets in the offshore oil field services industry as well as traditional shipping sectors.
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Global law firm Proskauer represented CCB International as the lead initial investor in respect of a US$200,000,000 guaranteed secured senior notes issued by Zhuguang Holdings Group Company Limited, a property development and investment company based in Guangdong Province China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE). In consideration of the purchase of the senior notes, the Issuer also issued to the initial investors warrants representing aggregate exercise price of US$40,000,000.
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The Doha office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Matthew Walker as a partner in the energy, infrastructure and resources practice. Walker joins K&L Gates from Dentons, where he was also based in their Doha office.
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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by PHH Corporation of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% senior notes due 2021.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Leerink Swann LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering of 5,785,123 shares of common stock of The Medicines Company for an aggregate price to the public of approximately $175 million. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 867,768 shares. The Medicines Company’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the trading symbol “MDCO.”
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The law firm of Miller Canfield announces that lawyer Gang Yuan (袁钢) has joined the firm in its New York City office in the Corporate Group. He will focus his practice on global M&A transactions, foreign direct investment and regulatory issues, especially in the oil and gas industry. He will continue representing Chinese, North American and European companies as they expand globally.
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Rebecca will head the Firm’s International Financial Services Regulation group, which will focus on counseling broker-dealers, investment advisers, fund managers, banks and wealth managers on international regulatory, transactional, and operational matters. Rebecca has significant experience advising clients in developing international and cross-border operations — from accepting their first foreign investors to establishing foreign subsidiaries and representative offices. She also counsels clients on domestic SEC and FINRA regulatory issues.
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On August 21, 2013, Firm client Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. closed a public offering of $400 million principal amount of its 3.950% Senior Notes due 2020. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as representatives of the underwriters.
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