Sheppard Mullin Continues Expansion with Addition of Three Bay Area Partners

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Peter H. Carson, Lorna L. Tanner and Stephanie L. Zeppa have joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partners.  Carson joins the firm’s San Francisco office, as a member of the Finance and Bankruptcy practice group.  Tanner and Zeppa join the firm’s Palo Alto office, as members of the Intellectual Property practice group and Corporate practice group, respectively.  Carson joins from Bingham McCutchen, where he was a member of the Transactional Finance practice and co-chaired the Healthcare Industry Group.  Tanner joins from Foley & Lardner and Zeppa joins from Dentons.

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Skadden Adds Class Action Defense Attorney Lisa Gilford in Los Angeles

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP announced today that class action and products liability trial attorney Lisa Gilford has joined the firm’s Mass Torts, Insurance and Consumer Litigation Group in Los Angeles. Ms. Gilford most recently served as co-chair of the products liability group in the Los Angeles office of another highly regarded law firm, where she represented companies in the automotive, telecommunications, life science, chemical manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries on every level of significant mass tort litigation in federal and state courts across the nation.

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Clifford Chance Advises HSBC on Sale of Group Term Life and Employee Benefits Businesses in Singapore to AXA Life

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised HSBC Insurance (Singapore) Pte. Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, on the sale of its group term life and employee benefits business in Singapore to AXA Life Insurance Singapore Private Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), another wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, on the related distribution agreement.

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Freshfields Advises on Eskom’s $1bn Bond Issue

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised on South African power utility Eskom’s $1bn bond, issued under Eskom’s newly established $4bn global medium term programme. Eskom generates, transmits and distributes electricity to industrial, mining, commercial, agricultural and residential customers and redistributors across southern Africa.

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McDermott Advises Irving Oil in $300 Million Joint Venture with TransCanada

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented Irving Oil, a privately owned regional energy and marketing company that owns and operates Canada’s largest refinery, in forming a joint venture with TransCanada to develop and construct the proposed $300 million Canaport Energy East Marine Terminal at Irving Canaport in Saint John, New Brunswick.  Irving Oil will operate the Canaport Energy East Marine Terminal, which will connect the proposed $12 billion Energy East Pipeline project recently announced by TransCanada to an ice-free, deep water port.

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