Global law firm Eversheds has advised Citibank on the registration of its representative office in Baghdad, Iraq, making it the first US bank to establish a presence in the country.
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Employment Litigator/Prominent Social Media Lawyer Joins Shipman & Goodwin
Daniel A. Schwartz, an employment litigator and trial lawyer who also authors the award-winning Connecticut Employment Law Blog, has joined Shipman & Goodwin’s Labor and Employment practice as Partner and will reside in the firm’s Hartford office.
New Partner Hire Strengthens Mishcon de Reya’s Real Estate Department
Mishcon de Reya has recruited Nick Lane as a partner within its Real Estate department. Nick joins the Firm on 2 September 2013 from Olswang, where he was a partner and Head of Construction.
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Skadden – Activision-Blizzard Separates Itself From Vivendi
Skadden is representing Activision Blizzard, Inc., a global leader in interactive entertainment, in its $5.83 billion separation from Vivendi through an acquisition of company shares, announced on July 26. Concurrently, an investment vehicle led by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and Co-Chairman Brian Kelly is separately purchasing Activision Blizzard shares from Vivendi for $2.34 billion. Following the completion of the transactions, Activision Blizzard will be an independent company.
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Cravath – Diamond Resorts International Inc.’s IPO
Cravath represented the underwriters, led by Credit Suisse, in connection with the US$250 million initial public offering of common stock of Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a leader in the hospitality and vacation ownership industry. The shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on July 24, 2013.
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Leading Corporate/M&A Partners Jake Robson and Adam Summerly to Join Morrison & Foerster’s Singapore Office
Jake Robson and Adam Summerly will join Morrison & Foerster as partners as the firm continues to expand its recently opened Singapore office. Messrs. Robson and Summerly, who have been based in Singapore for eight and 14 years respectively, are veteran deal advisers with substantial experience handling inbound, outbound and intra-regional transactions across South and Southeast Asia.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Connection with Oracle’s €2 Billion and $3 Billion Investment-Grade Note Offerings
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, in connection with Oracle Corporation’s first registered public offering of euro-denominated notes. Oracle Corporation offered €1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.250% senior notes due 2021 and €750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.125% senior notes due 2025. The euro-denominated notes are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Baker & McKenzie Advises NSW Government on Sale of Delta West Power Stations to EnergyAustralia
Baker & McKenzie has acted for NSW Government on the next round of its power sales program – the $160m sale of Delta Electricity’s Mt Piper and Wallerawang power stations to EnergyAustralia. The deal follows the Government’s sale of the Eraring Power Station to Origin Energy earlier this month on which Baker & McKenzie also advised.
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Amanda K. Jester Joins Waller as Partner
Waller, a nationally recognized law firm with offices in Austin, today announced that healthcare attorney Amanda K. Jester has joined its Austin office as partner. Formerly a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, in Miami, Fla., Jester focuses her practice on advising and representing a vast range of healthcare clients including private equity funds, physician practices, hospital and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers and pain management clinics.
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Dechert LLP Represents Onconova as it Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Dechert LLP announced today that it advised Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. in an initial public offering of 5,166,667 shares of its common stock. The offering was announced today at $15.00 per share, before underwriting discounts. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by Onconova. In addition, Onconova has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 775,000 shares of common stock at the same price to cover over-allotments, if any. The shares are now trading on The NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol “ONTX.” The offering is expected to close on July 30, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.
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