Michael Lyle and Eric Lyttle have joined the firm as partners in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Lyle heads the firm’s products liability team in Washington. He was previously the Managing Partner in Weil Gotshal’s Washington, D.C. office, a member of the firm’s Management Committee, and Co-Head of the Products Liability practice. Mr. Lyttle was a partner in the firm’s litigation department.
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Leech Tishman is pleased to announce its expansion to the West Coast with the opening of its California office. The office, located in Pasadena, California, will be led by Alan M. Kindred and Ivan Posey, two renowned intellectual property lawyers with decades of experience in trademark, copyright and patent prosecution, intellectual property litigation, as well as domestic and international business and trade matters. Accordingly, Leech Tishman adds this Intellectual Property Practice Group to its growing list of service offerings.
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The Firm represented Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR) in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Senior Notes due 2019, $700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Notes due 2023 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2043. The notes were issued by Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Company Limited and guaranteed by Ingersoll-Rand plc, Ingersoll-Rand Limited Company and Ingersoll-Rand International Holding Limited. BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan acted as joint lead bookrunning managers of the offering.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with the registered public offering of $600 million principal amount of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 of Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm is representing Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation in its acquisition of Butterfield Fulcrum Group, an alternative investment fund administrator.
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Fox Rothschild is pleased to announce its merger, effective July 1, with established Denver law firm Lottner Rubin Fishman Saul, P.C. The team of 16 attorneys – 10 partners, 5 associates and one counsel joining Fox – will significantly bolster Fox’s footprint in the Mountain West region less than a year after the firm made its entrance into the Mile High City.
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Ballard Spahr has significantly enhanced its litigation capabilities in the West with the addition of a team of five commercial litigators in Denver, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. The attorneys―two partners, one of counsel, and two associates―moved to Ballard Spahr from Featherstone Petrie DeSisto LLP in Denver.
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Hogan Lovells has advised UBS AG (“UBS”) as lead financial adviser and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (“Standard Chartered Bank”) as joint financial adviser to China Mengniu Dairy Company (“Mengniu”) on its voluntary general offer for Hong Kong-listed Yashili International Holdings (“Yashili”), one of the largest domestic pediatric milk formula producers and retailers in China. The cash and share offer values Yashili at HK$12.64bn (US$1.63bn).
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Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced today that Michele J. Alexander has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Practice. She will focus on complex corporate and business tax issues, particularly involving mergers and acquisitions and the structure of transactions involving private equity and hedge funds. Alexander was previously with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
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