Ballard Spahr has significantly enhanced its litigation capabilities in the West with the addition of a team of five commercial litigators in Denver, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. The attorneys―two partners, one of counsel, and two associates―moved to Ballard Spahr from Featherstone Petrie DeSisto LLP in Denver.
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Hogan Lovells has advised UBS AG (“UBS”) as lead financial adviser and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (“Standard Chartered Bank”) as joint financial adviser to China Mengniu Dairy Company (“Mengniu”) on its voluntary general offer for Hong Kong-listed Yashili International Holdings (“Yashili”), one of the largest domestic pediatric milk formula producers and retailers in China. The cash and share offer values Yashili at HK$12.64bn (US$1.63bn).
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Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced today that Michele J. Alexander has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Practice. She will focus on complex corporate and business tax issues, particularly involving mergers and acquisitions and the structure of transactions involving private equity and hedge funds. Alexander was previously with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
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Robin L. Teskin has joined LeClairRyan as a shareholder on the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Area team. She will be resident in the national law firm’s Alexandria office.
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Clifford Chance has advised SLH Holding on the sale of a 25.7% stake in regional insurance leader Mediterranean & Gulf Insurance & Reinsurance Company (Medgulf) to ORIX Corporation, the major listed Japanese financial institution. The stake was valued at approximately US$225 million. Medgulf is the major shareholder in Medgulf Saudi Arabia, which is listed on the Saudi Tadawul. SLH is the majority shareholder in Medgulf.
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Mark L. Durbin and Peter N. Moore have joined the firm’s Chicago office as partners in the Litigation Department. Previously, Durbin and Moore worked in the Chicago office of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP.
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National law firm Polsinelli welcomes Karen Dickinson to its Phoenix office. Dickinson has extensive experience negotiating and advising on complex international and e-commerce legal issues involving international contracting, joint ventures and alliances, software and intellectual property licensing, joint developments, trademark prosecution and licensing, and web development.
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The Charlotte office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Kevin A. Christmas as a partner in its corporate/M&A practice. He arrives from Reed Smith LLP.
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Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Rickmers Holding GmbH & Cie. KG, parent of Rickmers Group, on the issue of its corporate bond in an amount of €175m.
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