Polsinelli welcomes Bradley W. Crawford to its Chicago office, where he will serve clients in the science and technology sector.
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Chadbourne Represents Rockwell Collins in Acquisition of Carlyle’s ARINC for US$1.39 Billion
Chadbourne, as buyer’s counsel, assisted Rockwell Collins in reaching a US$1.39 billion definitive agreement to purchase ARINC, Inc. The deal, signed on August 10, 2013 is the largest in the North American aerospace and defense industry announced this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The deal is subject to regulatory and other customary conditions, and is expected to close within 90 days.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Pinnacle Foods in $580 Million Acquisition of Wish-Bone® Salad Dressings
Simpson Thacher is representing Pinnacle Foods Inc. in its $580 million acquisition of the Wish-Bone® salad dressings business from Unilever PLC. Pinnacle Foods is controlled by investment funds affiliated with The Blackstone Group L.P.
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Ogletree Deakins Adds Group in Northwest, Expands Traditional Labor, Litigation, Immigration Practices
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, has significantly deepened its presence in the Northwest by welcoming a group of lawyers from Littler Mendelson. The group includes three highly acclaimed shareholders who bolster Ogletree Deakins’ traditional labor experience, employment litigation capabilities, and immigration depth. Shareholders Howard Rubin, Larry Amburgey, and Patricia Haim reunite with their colleagues Caroline Guest and Ursula Kienbaum, who also recently joined Ogletree Deakins from Littler’s Portland office.
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Allen & Overy Advises on Ground-Breaking Creation of Abu Dhabi’s First Financial Free Zone, the Abu Dhabi Global Market
Allen & Overy has advised on the landmark creation of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (the Global Market), Abu Dhabi’s first Financial Free Zone, which aims to be a leading global financial market and a major regional financial centre.
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Bracewell Represents Sellers in Sale of $244 Million Cogeneration Power Plant
Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP represented Atlantic Power Corporation, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) and Rockland Capital, LLC in their sale of Gregory Power Partners, L.P. to NRG Energy, Inc.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Spectra Energy with liability management and the financing elements of the company’s MLP drop-down transactions.
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Experienced Labor Lawyer Diane Gianos Joins Faegre Baker Daniels in Chicago
Diane E. Gianos, who has developed broad and deep expertise in labor and employment law, has joined Faegre Baker Daniels LLP as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.
Tags: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPSimpson Thacher Represents Automotive Investors LLC and Certain Members of TRW’s Management in Public Offering of 10.9 Million Shares of TRW’s Common Stock
The Firm represented Automotive Investors LLC, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P., and certain members of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.’s (“TRW”) management in connection with a registered public offering of 10,900,000 shares of TRW’s common stock. Automotive Investors LLC sold 10,273,062 shares, representing the remainder of its ownership of TRW’s stock. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. served as the underwriter for the offering. The gross proceeds from the offering were $775.971 million.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Advises Australian Oil and Gas Limited on Its Farmout of Nine Petroleum Exploration Permits to Blue Energy Limited
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Darwin based Australian Oil and Gas Limited (AOG) in relation to a farm-out to Blue Energy Limited (BUL), of nine exploration permits located in the Wiso Basin, Northern Territory, Australia, a total area of 111,887 square kilometres or 27.6 million acres.
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