Clifford Chance has advised Sorouh Real Estate PJSC on its successful merger with Aldar Properties PJSC, terms of which were agreed by their respective boards in January 2013 and approved by their respective shareholders in March 2013. The merger was recently approved by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and was declared effective by the Ministry of Economy upon close of trading on 27 June 2013.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Dubai
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has moved into its new office premises at the recently completed Jing An Kerry Centre Tower II, located in Shanghai’s Jing An business district. The move marks the firm’s formal opening of its doors in China.
Tags: Seyfarth Shaw LLP | Shanghai
Proskauer announced today that Kevin R. Hackett has joined the firm as a member of the Private Equity Real Estate practice, resident in the New York office. Mr. Hackett’s extensive real estate experience will be a tremendous complement to Proskauer’s robust private equity real estate platform and seasoned team.
Tags: Proskauer Rose LLP | New York
SRZ successfully secured the confirmation of a reorganization plan for Quigley Company Inc. in its heavily litigated Chapter 11 case.
Tags: Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | New York
The Denver office of national law firm Polsinelli recently welcomed the national litigation team of James Miller, Paul Wood and Tom Wagner to the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice. Miller and Wood, with a combined 69 years of complex and high profile litigation experience, join Polsinelli as shareholders while Wagner joins as an associate.
Tags: Polsinelli PC | Denver
Akerman Senterfitt today announced the expansion of its Litigation Practice Group and continued growth of its New York office with a team of commercial litigators, including shareholder David Bayne, of counsel Jim Maloney, and associate Steven Cordero.
Tags: Akerman LLP | New York
The Firm recently represented BRF S.A. (formerly known as BRF – Brasil Foods S.A.) in an offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.95% Senior Notes due 2023 and R$500 million aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2018. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Sao PauloInsurance and dispute resolution law firm, Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP (BLM), has appointed new partner Joanna Keogh to its national fraud team.
Leech Tishman recently welcomed Donald M. Lund to its Pittsburgh office.
Tags: Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & LamplBird & Bird is delighted to announce that it has appointed Søren Narv Pedersen as a partner in its office in Copenhagen.
