Ropes & Gray LLP announced today that Jaewoo Lee has joined its corporate department as a partner. Mr. Lee focuses on corporate and financial transactions, particularly cross-border mergers & acquisitions. He will initially be based out of New York and Hong Kong and will relocate to the firm’s Seoul office when his license to practice in Korea is approved.
Tags: Ropes & Gray LLP | Hong KongRopes & Gray is delighted to announce that Michelle Moran has joined the London office as a partner in its investment management practice. Ms. Moran brings further senior-level capability to the firm’s existing funds and financial services regulatory teams. Her practice focuses on the management and regulation of retail and institutional funds, including UCITS, ICVCs, investment trusts, hedge funds and real estate funds, and fits naturally with the funds sponsor focus of the practice.
Tags: Ropes & Gray LLPWong & Partners, the Malaysian member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, acted for BIMB Holdings Berhad (“BHB”) in connection with the proposed acquisition of a 49% stake in Bank Islam Berhad, Malaysia’s original Islamic bank, from the Dubai Financial Group LLC and Lembaga Tabung Haji for a total purchase consideration of approximately USD885 million (RM2.8 billion).
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Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Trius Therapeutics in its acquisition by Cubist Pharmaceuticals. The total transaction is valued at up to $818 million.
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Highly-regarded securities litigation and enforcement lawyer, Michael Charlson, who handles the full spectrum of securities work for pharmaceutical, technology and financial services clients, has joined Vinson & Elkins LLP in San Francisco.
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Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that intellectual property lawyer Clark G. Sullivan has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office.
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The Firm is representing Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P. (“Grosvenor”) in connection with its announced agreement to acquire Customized Fund Investment Group (“CFIG”) from Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS). Following the completion of the transaction, CFIG will be renamed the GCM Customized Fund Investment Group, and will operate as a subsidiary of Grosvenor and maintain its New York headquarters. The combined firm will have over $40 billion in assets under management and 400 professionals across the globe. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher represented a finance subsidiary of Travelex in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of £200 million aggregate principal amount of its 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 and £150 million aggregate principal amount of its Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2018. Additionally Simpson Thacher represented a subsidiary of Travelex in connection with its entry into a new £90 million Revolving Credit Facility. The transaction closed on August 1, 2013. Travelex used the net proceeds from this offering to refinance outstanding indebtedness.
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Morgan Lewis announced today that Thomas Zielinski—former executive vice president and general counsel at Coventry Health Care, Inc.—has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice, resident in Philadelphia.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has strengthened its UK and European private equity practice with the addition of partner Ross Allardice in the London office.
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