Ellis & Winters is pleased to announce that Amy Richardson has recently joined the firm.
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CMS Appoints Leading Reinsurance Partner
Polsinelli Platform Attracts Large Group of Attorneys
Citing the firm’s successful business model, commitment to clients and strong leadership, a number of seasoned shareholders and associates recently joined Polsinelli in several of its offices. The attorneys will practice in the firm’s St. Louis and Washington, D.C. offices assisting clients locally and nationally in environmental, toxic tort and commercial litigation, IP, government contracts, and construction related issues. In addition, the firm opened a regional Chattanooga, Tennessee office with four attorneys to serve national clients in corporate, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate matters. These prominent and highly experienced attorneys serve clients in a variety of industries including chemical manufacturing, health care, oil and gas exploration, and real estate.
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Weil Advises Morgan Stanley on Bridge Facility for Weyerhaeuser Co.
A Weil team advised Morgan Stanley on a senior unsecured 364-day high grade bridge facility in connection with the $2.65 billion acquisition of Longview Timber LLC, a US-based forestry company, by Weyerhaeuser Co., a US real estate trust that is one of the largest producer of wood and cellulose fibers, from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. The bridge facility and the acquisition were announced on June 17, 2013, and the acquisition is expected to close in July.
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Stoel Rives Advises Brookfield in Sales of Timberlands and Paper Manufacturing Assets for $3.675 Billion
A Stoel Rives legal team, led by Ronald G. Moffitt, Ronald J. Lone, Christopher J. (C.J.) Voss and Greg D. Corbin, assisted client Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in reaching agreement for the sales announced June 16 of both Longview Timber and Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging. The two separate transactions totaled $3.675 billion.
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High-Profile Securities and Commercial Litigation Partner Joins Paul Hastings in New York
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Douglas Flaum has joined the firm as a partner with the Litigation practice in New York.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings Represents Cowen and Company in Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation’s Exchange and Sale of Notes
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Cowen and Company, a diversified financial services firm, as placement and exchange agent in connection with the issuance of $75.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior notes due 2017 issued by Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation in exchange for approximately $42.8 million of the company’s 9.50% senior notes due 2016 from existing holders of such notes and the purchase by certain of such holders of additional new notes for cash. The firm is also representing Cowen and Company as dealer manager in connection with the company’s cash tender offer for certain of the company’s outstanding common stock.
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Former International Trade Commission Attorney Aarti Shah Joins Mintz Levin’s Washington, D.C. Office
Aarti Shah, a former senior investigative attorney at the International Trade Commission (ITC), has joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. as a member in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. She is based in Washington, D.C.
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Davis Polk Advises Delonex Energy in Connection with a $600 million Investment Led by Warburg Pincus
Davis Polk is advising Delonex Energy Limited in connection with a $600 million investment from an investment group led by an affiliate of Warburg Pincus LLC.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk Advises Santander México on Its Acquisition of ING Group’s Mortgage Business in Mexico
Davis Polk is advising Grupo Financiero Santander México, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with the Ps.643 million acquisition by its subsidiary, Banco Santander (México), S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, of ING Hipotecaria, S.A. de C.V., Sociedad Financiera de Objeto Múltiple, Entidad No Regulada, a subsidiary of ING Group. The transaction, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the second half of 2013.
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