Macfarlanes has announced that Clare Breeze will be joining as a partner in the Commercial Real Estate Group. She joins from Shearman & Sterling LLP where she has been a partner since 2009. She acts for a wide variety of developer and investor clients including Stanhope Plc, AIG and Argent Estates.
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Pinsent Masons Advises EnQuest on Tunisian Oil Field Acquisition
International law firm Pinsent Masons advised EnQuest on the agreement to acquire Tunisian-based offshore assets for a mixture of upfront and contingent consideration totalling a maximum of $249m, as the oil producer expands into Africa for the first time.
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Kasowitz Opens DC Office with Clarine Nardi Riddle to Lead Government Affairs Practice
Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP is pleased to announce that Clarine Nardi Riddle has joined the firm and will launch its Washington, D.C. office and Government Affairs practice. She will focus on expanding the firm’s presence on Capitol Hill and advising clients on a range of regulatory and public policy issues. Riddle will also continue working with Senator Joseph Lieberman, for whom she most recently served as Senate Chief of Staff and who joined Kasowitz last week in New York as Senior Counsel.
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O’Melveny Represents PT Bhakti Investama Tbk in US$365 Million Senior Note Offering
O’Melveny & Myers LLP has represented Indonesian-listed investment company PT Bhakti Investama Tbk as guarantor in connection with its offering of US$365 million of 5.875% senior secured notes due 2018 through its wholly-owned Singapore subsidiary Ottawa Holdings Pte. Ltd. Deutsche Bank acted as sole bookrunner and lead manager for the high yield note offering, which was sold to institutional investors in Asia, Europe, and the United States under Rule 144A and Regulation S. The notes are listed in Singapore on the SGX-ST.
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Elizabeth Young Joins National Law Firm Wilson Elser’s New York City Office
National law firm Wilson Elser is pleased to announce that Elizabeth M. Young, partner, has joined the firm’s New York City office. Ms. Young practices in the areas of product liability and mass tort litigation, as well as commercial and business litigation.
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BakerHostetler’s Growth Continues in Washington, D.C. Gary S. Lutzker and J. Christopher Redding Join FCC Practice
BakerHostetler announced today that Gary S. Lutzker and J. Christopher Redding have joined the firm’s Business Group as Partner and Of Counsel, respectively, in its Washington, D.C., office. Both come to BakerHostetler from Dow Lohnes, PLLC.
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Skadden – Travelers to Acquire Dominion of Canada
Skadden is representing The Travelers Companies, Inc. in its $1.1 billion acquisition of The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company from E-L Financial Corp. Ltd., announced on June 10.
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Skadden is representing Doughty Hanson & Co. in its $1.4 billion sale of Vue Entertainment Ltd., an operator of movie theaters, to Alberta Investment Management Corporation and OMERS Private Equity, announced on June 10.
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Former Missouri Public Service Commission Chairman Kevin Gunn Joins Polsinelli’s Energy Group
Polsinelli welcomes Kevin D. Gunn, the former Chairman of the Missouri Public Service Commission, to the firm’s Energy Practice as shareholder. Gunn will practice in the firm’s St. Louis office. As Chairman of the Missouri Public Service Commission, he oversaw the regulation of all investor–owned utilities in the state, ensuring ratepayers received safe, adequate and reliable utility service at reasonable rates. In addition to his energy experience, Gunn brings public policy acumen to Polsinelli having served as chief of staff to Representative Richard Gephardt from January 2003 until the congressman’s retirement in 2005.
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Leading M&A Partner to Join Gilbert + Tobin
Craig will join M&A partners Neil Pathak and Ben Macdonald in Gilbert + Tobin’s Melbourne office, further enhancing the M&A and corporate advisory practice and expanding the firm’s Melbourne presence.
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