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.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents Kinetic Concepts, Inc. in $485 Million Acquisition of Systagenix’s Wound Care Business
The firm is representing Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (“KCI”), a portfolio company of Apax Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Public Service Pension Plan of Canada, in its acquisition of the wound care business of Systagenix Wound Management Mezz B.V. (“Systagenix”) from One Equity Partners LLC for approximately $485 million in cash on a debt free basis. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkAttorneys from Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards Join Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis is pleased to announce that attorneys from boutique complex litigation firm Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLC will be joining the firm’s Philadelphia and Cherry Hill offices.
Richard Dreitzer Joins Wilson Elser’s Las Vegas Office
National law firm Wilson Elser is pleased to announce that Richard Dreitzer, partner, has joined the firm’s Las Vegas office.
Tags: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLPAkin Gump Advises Deutsche Bank In Connection With $325M Silver Eagle IPO
An Akin Gump team led by corporate partners Bruce Mendelsohn and Alice Hsu advised Deutsche Bank, the sole underwriter in Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp’s initial public offering (IPO) of 32,500,000 units at $10.00 per unit (each unit consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant exercisable into half of a share of common stock). The units, stock and warrants are listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Silver Eagle is an acquisition vehicle formed by media executives Harry E. Sloan and Jeff Sagansky.
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Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce David Lavan has joined the firm as a Partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Lavan will practice in the Corporate Department.
Tags: Dinsmore & Shohl LLPRobert Rosen Joins Jackson Lewis in Atlanta
Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Robert Rosen has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as Partner. Mr. Rosen comes to Jackson Lewis from Epstein Becker Green, where he was a partner and practiced in the Labor and Employment and Litigation groups.
Tags: Jackson Lewis P.C.Real Estate Lawyer Steven Bloom Joins Akerman Senterfitt’s New York Office
Steven Bloom has joined Akerman Senterfitt as a shareholder in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group in New York. He joins the firm after serving as partner at Bryan Cave LLP and formally Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP.
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