International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced the appointment of Jacob Hollinger as a partner in the Firm’s Energy Advisory Practice Group, based in its New York office.
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Latham & Watkins Advises The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) on its US$7 Billion Wa’ad Al Shammal Greenfield Phosphate Project
Latham & Watkins represented The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) in connection with the development of its US$7 billion Wa’ad Al Shammal greenfield phosphate project in Saudi Arabia and joint venture with the Mosaic Company and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC). The project is a key part of the King Abdullah Project for the Development of Wa’ad Al Shammal Mineral Industrial City in the Northern Province of Saudi Arabia and is expected to create more than 1,500 direct job opportunities.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Bolivia’s $500 Million Notes Offering
Shearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as joint lead managers in connection with Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia’s issuance of $500 million of its 5.950% notes due 2023.
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Ogletree Deakins Strengthens Sports & Entertainment and Higher Education Practice Groups, California Bench Strength with Addition of San Diego Shareholder
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, today announced that Tracy Warren has joined the firm’s San Diego office as a shareholder and Kathryn Quarles Gray has joined as an associate. Warren and Quarles Gray, who join Ogletree Deakins from Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, will bolster the firm’s Sports & Entertainment, Employment Law, and Higher Education practice groups. Warren represents employers in a range of industries including collegiate and amateur athletics, entertainment, financial services, telecommunications, medicine, non-profit, and education. She is the third shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins’ San Diego office which opened earlier this year.
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Davis Polk – Sete Brasil $1.25 billion Capital Call Credit Facility
Davis Polk advised Sete Brasil Participações S.A. and Sete International GmbH in connection with a capital call credit facility in the amount of $1.25 billion. The facility will be used to finance the ongoing construction of 21 ultra-deep water drilling rigs to be built in several Brazilian shipyards, each costing approximately $950 million.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Sao PauloDavis Polk – Western Union $250 Million Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by The Western Union Company of $250 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2015.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkEven & Franks, PLLC To Join Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge, PC
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge, PC is excited to announce that the attorneys of the Muskegon based law firm Even & Franks, PLLC (Even & Franks) are joining Smith Haughey.
National Litigation Star David Bernick to Join Dechert
Dechert LLP announced today that renowned trial lawyer David M. Bernick will join the firm’s litigation practice in New York effective Monday, August 26. Bernick spent more than 30 years with Kirkland & Ellis LLP before leaving to become Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Philip Morris International in 2010.
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Morgan Lewis Adds Two Environmental Litigation Lawyers in Princeton
Morgan Lewis today announced that environmental litigators John McGahren and Stephanie Feingold have joined the firm as partners in its Litigation Practice, resident in Princeton. Both were formerly lawyers at Patton Boggs.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $400 Million Notes Offering for Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
The Firm represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in connection with a registered offering by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”) of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.950% Senior Notes due 2020.
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