Williams Mullen is pleased to announce that experienced technology attorney J. Robert “Rob” Tyler III has joined the firm as a Partner in the Corporate and Private Equity law practice.
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Akin Gump Advises Summit Midstream Partners’ Conflicts Committee in Shale Acquisitions
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is advising the conflicts committee of Summit Midstream Partners in the purchase of two separate natural gas gathering systems.
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Hogan Lovells Expands Litigation and International Arbitration Capabilities with Three Partners
Hogan Lovells today announced the addition of three partners from Chadbourne & Parke to its Litigation and Arbitration practice. Oliver J. Armas, the co-head of Chadbourne & Parke’s International Arbitration Group, and Phoebe A. Wilkinson, the co-head of Chadbourne’s Product Liability Group, will join Hogan Lovells’ New York office. Luis Enrique Graham, a prominent litigation and arbitration practitioner, will be resident in Mexico City, with a significant presence in New York.
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McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announces the addition of Michael Durkee to the firm’s Real Estate Land Use practice in California. Based in San Francisco, Durkee is experienced in in the creation and implementation of complex entitlement strategies, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), planning and zoning laws, the Subdivision Map Act, negotiation of development agreements and government relations, all of which will complement the highly acclaimed MLA team of land use attorneys, who were among the first in California to focus on and develop the area of land use law.
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Goodwin Advises MAA on $8.6B Merger with Colonial Properties Trust
Goodwin Procter recently advised MAA, a Memphis-based real estate investment trust (REIT), on its announced merger with Colonial Properties Trust. The combined company, operating under the MAA name and trading on the NYSE under the symbol “MAA”, will have a market capitalization of $8.6 billion and will be the second largest publicly traded REIT portfolio of owned apartments with 85,000 multifamily units. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2013 and is subject to customary closing conditions.
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Husch Blackwell Boosts Energy Practice with the Addition of Eric Drummond
Eric H. Drummond has joined Husch Blackwell as a Partner in its Denver office. Drummond brings more than 20 years of domestic and international energy development, technology, transactional and regulatory experience, continuing the growth of the firm’s Energy practice in Denver and nationwide.
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FEC General Counsel Herman Returns to Covington
Covington & Burling is pleased to announce that Federal Election Commission General Counsel Tony Herman is returning to the firm and will resume his practice in a wide range of commercial litigation matters.
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Paul Hastings Represents China Everbright International Limited in IFC Term Loan
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented China Everbright International Limited (“Everbright International”), a Hong Kong-listed company focusing on the development of environmental protection businesses, in relation to its US$70 million term loan facilities from International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Everbright International engaging in the business of waste water treatment and other types of water projects.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, recently represented Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan as initial purchasers in connection with FibraHotel’s $330 million international follow-on equity offering.
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Team of Five Senior Attorneys Joins Frost Brown Todd’s Columbus Office
Frost Brown Todd’s Columbus office is expanding with the addition of five top public law attorneys who have extensive experience representing municipal clients across the state. The addition of these attorneys is key to building Frost Brown Todd’s Government Services practice group in the Central Ohio area. Frost Brown Todd’s five new members are: Stephen J. Smith, Sr., Philip K. Hartmann, Stephen J. Smith, Jr., Jennifer D. Readler and Mitchell H. Banchefsky. The addition expands the office’s attorney count to 28.
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