Liza Mark, a veteran lawyer of more than 14 years, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP and will serve as the administrative partner in its recently announced Shanghai office.
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Thompson Hine’s Atlanta Office Adds Two Lateral Partners – Litigation and Corporate Partners Bolster Growing Office
Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce that Roy E. Hadley, Jr. and John L. Watkins and have joined the firm’s Atlanta office as partners in the Corporate Transactions & Securities and Business Litigation practice groups, respectively.
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Paul Hastings Represents Underwriters in Wuzhou International’s Hong Kong IPO
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented BOCOM International (Asia) Limited and Macquarie Capital Securities Limited as the joint sponsors, BOCOM International Securities Limited and Macquarie Capital Securities Limited as the joint global coordinators, and BOCOM International Securities Limited, First Shanghai Securities Limited, GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage Limited and Macquarie Capital Securities Limited as the joint bookrunners and joint lead managers in Wuzhou International Holdings Limited’s (“Wuzhou International”) US$178 million global initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings Advising Gannett on $2.2 Billion Merger with Belo
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it is advising Gannett Co., Inc., an international media and marketing solutions company, in connection with its merger with Belo Corp., a leading broadcast television company with twenty network-affiliated stations. The transaction is valued at approximately $2.2 billion and would make Gannett the fourth-largest owner of “Big 4” major television network affiliates in the country, reaching nearly one-third of U.S. households.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings Advises Centerline Holding Company in connection with acquisition by Hunt Companies, Inc.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing Centerline Holding Company, provider of real estate financing and asset management services focused on affordable and conventional multifamily housing, in connection with its agreement entered into on June 10, 2013 to be acquired by an affiliate of Hunt Capital Partners, LLC, the affordable housing division and an affiliate of real estate company, Hunt Companies, Inc. (“Hunt”).
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Steven W. Pelak, Former Export Control Enforcement and Counterespionage Official for the U.S. Department of Justice, Joins Holland & Hart
Holland & Hart LLP is pleased to announce that Steven W. Pelak, former Principal Deputy Chief of the Counterespionage Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), is joining the firm’s trade sanctions and white collar practice. Pelak will be a partner resident in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
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Nixon Peabody Advises Gannett in $1.5 Billion Acquisition; Transaction Would Nearly Double Company’s Television Operations
Gannett Co., Inc., has agreed to buy Belo Corp. for $1.5 billion in cash, in a deal that almost doubles Gannett’s television operations.
Tags: Nixon Peabody LLPChadbourne Represents Leading Premium Spirits Company in US$500 Million Registered Bond Offering and Debt Tender Offer
Chadbourne & Parke represented Beam Inc., one of the world’s leading premium spirits companies, in connection with the sale of US$500 million of notes in an SEC-registered transaction and contemporaneous cash tender offers and redemptions for certain of Beam’s outstanding public debt.
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International Trade and Competition Team Joins McGuireWoods
McGuireWoods LLP today announced that it is expanding its international trade, competition and EU regulatory law practice with the addition of a four-member team in the firm’s Brussels office. The team will significantly enhance the firm’s abilities in Europe and throughout the United States to represent clients with complex international trade, competition and regulatory matters.
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Eric Johnson Joins Sherman & Howard
Sherman & Howard L.L.C., a national law firm that is one of the oldest and most successful headquartered in the Rocky Mountain region, today announced the addition of attorney Eric Johnson as a member in its Denver office. Johnson joins Sherman & Howard from the Denver office of Bryan Cave HRO. His practice focuses on protecting the financial rights and investments of his clients in lending and merger and acquisition transactions, and successfully managing bankruptcy and insolvency risks.
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