The partners of Husch Blackwell LLP and Brown McCarroll LLP have voted to combine their ranks. Both firms concluded the partner ballot process necessary to merge the two firms on June 18, with an effective date of July 1, 2013. The combined firms will move forward together in all markets as Husch Blackwell LLP.
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A team of Ropes & Gray attorneys is advising Johnson & Johnson in its acquisition of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., including rights to its second generation prostate cancer drug ARN-509, for $650 million in cash upfront and up to $350 million in contingent payments. The deal enhances Johnson & Johnson’s leadership in prostate cancer drug development, which is one of its main areas of focus, and provides the potential for novel approaches to treat prostate cancer patients.
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A&O advises on USD9bn Nghi Son Refinery deal, the largest international project financing the country has seen in over 20 years.
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Building on recent significant additions to its real estate practice, expanding national law firm Fox Rothschild announces the addition of a prominent five-member land use and zoning team in New York City.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised long-standing client ExxonMobil as it finalized agreements with Rosneft to establish a joint Arctic Research Center (ARC) in Russia as well as a technology-sharing agreement supporting the two companies’ joint ventures worldwide.
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The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented the underwriters in the US$91.7 million registered follow-on offering of 12,650,000 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) of Giant Interactive Group Inc. by the selling shareholder. Morgan Stanley acted as the sole global coordinator and bookrunner of the offering.
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Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (DM&S) is pleased to announce that Ung Gim Sei has joined DM&S’s constituent firm Selvam LLC in Singapore. The addition of Ung as a director grows the capacity of the corporate practice in Singapore, particularly in intellectual property matters. He brings with him a wealth of experience, with more than 10 years of private practice in Singapore.
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Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that Stuart J. Glick has joined the Firm’s Trial Department as a Partner in the New York office.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented DBS Trustee Limited (in its capacity as trustee of Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust) (the “MGCCT Trustee”), Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust Treasury Company (S) Pte. Ltd. and Mapletree Greater China Commercial Treasury Company (HKSAR) Limited as issuers, and MGCCT Trustee as guarantor in the establishment of a US$1.5 billion Euro Medium Term Securities Programme (the “Programme”).
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