International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: EAGLU), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in its initial public offering of 32,500,000 units, which closed on July 30, 2013. The units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of approximately $325 million. This is the largest amount raised in an IPO by a U.S. SPAC in over seven years. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as the sole book running manager and representative of the underwriters of the offering.

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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.

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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.

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