City law firm Fox Williams LLP (Fox Williams) has strengthened its Employment, Partnerships, Corporate and Business Immigration teams in key areas through a wave of recent appointments. Helen Farr is the latest addition to the firm and joins as a Partner in the Employment team.
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Bird & Bird is delighted to announce that it has appointed Malgorzata Darowska as a partner in the Polish office.
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Cozen O’Connor announced today that it is opening a Minneapolis office with eight transactional and commercial litigation attorneys from Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP. Thomas Wallrich, Steven Silton, Thomas Kane, Peter Crema, Nadia Hasan, Heather Marx, Joel Nesset and Kristi Zentner are all joining the firm as members.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised the steering committee of secured lenders of LifeCare Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiaries, one of the largest operators of long-term acute care hospitals in the United States, in connection with the lenders’ acquisition of substantially all of LifeCare’s assets in a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. The lenders served as the stalking horse purchaser through a credit bid transaction worth approximately $320 million plus certain assumed liabilities.
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Pullman & Comley, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of six new attorneys. The attorneys will be based in Pullman & Comley’s Hartford office and include four partners: William R. Connon, Michael P. McKeon, John P. Shea, Jr. and Mark J. Sommaruga, as well as two associates: Zachary D. Schurin and Susan L. Scott.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented CLSA Limited as the sole placing agent in Ayala Corporation’s approximately US$79 million (PHP3.4 billion) treasury share block sale. Ayala Corporation is one of the Philippines’ largest conglomerates, with interests in real property, banking, telecommunications, water, infrastructure and energy.
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On June 3, it was announced that Liberty Resources LLC has entered into a definitive agreement to sell oil and gas property in the Bakken to Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. for $660 million in cash.
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Blank Rome is pleased to announce the Jonathan H. Lander has rejoined the Firm as Partner in the Private Client group. Mr. Lander has more than 25 years of experience in the area of trusts and estates law. He is based in the Firm’s Philadelphia office.
Tags: Blank Rome LLPBlank Rome is pleased to announce that Robert A. Kauffman has joined the Firm as Partner in the Commercial Litigation and Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity groups. Mr. Kauffman has nearly 25 years of experience both litigating and analyzing, structuring, and negotiating complex commercial transactions across a wide variety of sectors. He is based in the Firm’s Philadelphia office.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Federation Centres and Retail Direct Property on the sale of a 50% interest in six shopping centres throughout Australia to trusts managed by the Challenger Group (Purchaser) for a consideration of $602 million.
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