Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) on the A$280 million acquisition finance facilities provided to RCR Tomlinson Ltd with funds used to complete the acquisition of Norfolk Group Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLPEversheds Appoints Leading IP and Life Sciences Partner
Global law firm Eversheds has appointed former Sidley Austin London IP and Life Sciences Head, Brett Rowland as a Partner in its London office.
Tags: Eversheds SutherlandKing & Wood Mallesons and SJ Berwin Combine to Create First Global Law Firm Headquartered in Asia
King & Wood Mallesons and leading international law firm SJ Berwin announced today a world first legal combination, marking the next step for their clients in building a new global law firm based in Asia.
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsGreenberg Traurig Grows Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, Adds Shareholder Dr. Weisun Rao in Chicago
Dr. Weisun Rao has joined the Chicago office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in the Intellectual Property & Technology practice. He will also spend considerable time in the firm’s Shanghai office.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLPWeil Advises Health Management Associates in $7.6B Sale to Community Health Systems
A Weil team led by Corporate Chairman Michael Aiello is advising Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA), which owns 71 hospitals in 15 states, in its $7.6 billion sale (including assumption of debt) to Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS), one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies in the US. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2014 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval and HMA stockholder approval.
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP | New YorkAllen & Overy Advises H.C. Starck on Tungsten Chemicals Joint Venture in Vietnam
Allen & Overy is advising H.C. Starck, one of the largest companies in the global tungsten industry, on its joint venture (JV) with Nui Phao Mining Company (Nui Phao), a subsidiary of one of Vietnam’s largest private sector business groups, Masan Group Corporation (Masan Group), and developer of the largest known tungsten deposits outside of China.
Tags: Allen & Overy LLP | SingaporeBryan Cave Expands Hong Kong Presence
Nigel Binnersley and Kristi Swartz have joined the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP as partners in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Binnersley will practice with Bryan Cave’s Commercial Litigation Client Service Group and Swartz will practice with the Transactions Client Service Group.
Tags: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | Hong KongK&L Gates Bolsters Seattle Office with Addition of Energy, Tax Partners
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes David L. Benson and David P. Hattery as partners in the energy practice and Michael S. Kelley as a partner in the tax practice of the firm’s Seattle office. Benson and Hattery join K&L Gates from Stoel Rives LLP, while Kelley, a former member of the firm from 2001 to 2010, returns from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Tags: K&L Gates LLPNew York Partner Addition Enhances K&L Gates’ International Arbitration Practice
The New York office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added James P. Duffy IV as a partner in the international arbitration practice. He joins K&L Gates from DLA Piper.
Tags: K&L Gates LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents JPMorgan Chase & Co. in $1.5 Billion Preferred Stock Offering
The Firm represented JPMorgan Chase & Co. in connection with a public offering of 1,500,000 Depositary Shares, equivalent to $1.5 billion in aggregate amount, each Depositary Share representing a 1/10th interest in a share of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series R, of JPMorgan Chase & Co. The offering closed on July 29, 2013.
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