Squire Sanders has boosted its market leading private equity practice in Russia with the appointment of partner Anton Rogoza, who joins the firm’s Corporate and Corporate Finance group in Moscow from Goltsblat BLP.
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Paul Hastings Wins Trade Secrets Victory for Lotte Chemical Corp.
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it led its client Lotte Chemical Corporation (“Lotte”), a member company of the Lotte Group and previously known as Honam Petrochemical to a complete dismissal with prejudice of a complex international Intellectual Property dispute in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division.
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Simpson Thacher Represents J.P. Morgan and Bank of America in Connection with the Committed Financing of IHS Inc.’s Acquisition of R. L. Polk & Co./Carfax
Simpson Thacher is representing JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with the $680 million committed financing for the $1.4 billion acquisition of R.L. Polk & Co. by IHS Inc. The acquisition is expected to be consummated later this year.
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Jones Day Welcomes Dallas Health Care Transactions Partner Todd Kelly
Todd P. Kelly has joined the Dallas Office of global law firm Jones Day as a partner in the Health Care and Life Sciences practices, where his practice will focus on the representation of hospitals, health systems, medical groups, and other health care providers in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations, and other complex transactional and regulatory matters. He was formerly a partner in the Dallas office of Norton Rose Fulbright.
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Perkins Coie’s Chicago Office Bolsters New Personal Planning Practice
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Sandra K. Newman and Lucy K. Park have joined the firm’s Chicago office as part of Chicago’s newly-launched Personal Planning group. They were most recently partners at K & L Gates. The arrival of Newman and Park follows closely on the recent addition of Domingo Such, who joined Perkins Coie in late May. The three partners are spearheading Chicago’s Personal Planning practice. With the most recent hires, the firm has added 6 new partners and 11 attorneys overall to its Chicago office since January.
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Milbank – US$ 12.5 Billion Financing for Sadara Integrated Chemicals Project
The second phase of the financing for the construction of Sadara Chemical Company’s integrated petrochemicals production complex in Jubail Industrial City II, Saudi Arabia was signed on 16 June, raising an aggregate of US$12.5 Billion. Sadara is a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Saudi Arabian Oil Company. Milbank acted as international counsel to all of the lenders to the Project as well as to the joint lead managers of Sadara’s earlier US$2 billion Sukuk issuance (which was amongst the world’s largest project bonds).
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Baker & McKenzie Bogota Grows M&A/Private Equity Practice with New Partner
The Bogota office of Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce that Juan Manuel de la Rosa has joined the Firm as a partner in the M&A/Private Equity Practice Group.
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Dilworth Paxson Welcomes Shawn Li to Its IP Practice
Dilworth Paxson LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Shawn Shiqing Li has joined the firm as a partner and newest member of its intellectual property practice. He will work out of the firm’s Philadelphia office.
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Jeffrey Blumenfeld Joins Lowenstein Sandler to Chair Antitrust Practice
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced that Jeffrey Blumenfeld has joined the firm as chair of its Antitrust & Trade Regulation practice focusing on antitrust litigation and counseling. He also will be a member of Lowenstein’s Tech Group, a national leader in representing venture-backed technology companies, where he will actively counsel Lowenstein’s clients and their investors on competition issues facing emerging technology companies, particularly at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property.
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Ian Carleton Schaefer Joins Epstein Becker Green’s Labor and Employment Practice in New York
The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) today announced that Ian Carleton Schaefer has joined the firm as a Member in the Labor and Employment practice, in the New York office.
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