International law firm Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP (GTM) is advising AstraZeneca on its US$1.15bn (£740m) acquisition of Pearl Therapeutics, a privately held US company developing inhaled combination therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases.
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The Los Angeles office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Charles E. Schwenck as a partner in the energy, infrastructure and resources practice. Schwenck arrives from Foley & Lardner LLP.
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Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Susan E. D. Neuberg has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Law Department, residing in the firm’s offices in New York City and Washington, DC.
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Taylor Wessing Middle East has advised leading regional media business, Mediaquest, on its acquisition of the AME Info and SME Info websites, two of the leading business outlets for news and information in the Middle East and North Africa region from AME Info FZ-LLC, owned by Top Right Group.
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Goodwin attorneys recently advised Frazier Healthcare and its portfolio company Packaging Coordinators, Inc. (PCI) in the acquisition of AndersonBrecon from AmerisourceBergen Corporation. As a result of the $308 million cash deal, PCI is now one of the world’s largest outsourced pharmaceutical packaging businesses.
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Allen & Overy has advised Total Gabon (an affiliate of longstanding client Total) on a USD300m revolving facility. Société Générale advised on the financial aspects of the facility.
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Michael John Miguel has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Insurance Recovery Group in the Los Angeles office. Recognized as a Top 100 Lawyer in California by the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Mr. Miguel is an active trial attorney with a diverse background in commercial litigation. He has a particular focus on insurance coverage matters, along with extensive experience in environmental, antitrust, intellectual property and toxic tort defense litigation. He has obtained insurance recoveries in excess of $1 billion for domestic and international clients. Mr. Miguel has litigated and won cases across the country, including in state and federal trial and appellate courts in 18 states, and has tried cases to verdict or judgment in 5 states.
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Three partners and one special counsel, all formerly of Peck Shaffer & Williams LLP, have joined Jones Walker LLP, anchoring the firm’s new Cincinnati, Ohio office.
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Herbert Smith Freehills is advising ASX Limited on its A$553 million fully underwritten pro-rata accelerated renounceable entitlement offer, announced today (the “Entitlement Offer”).
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