Stephen E. Chappelear has joined Frost Brown Todd’s Business Litigation practice group in the Columbus office. Chappelear has 36 years of experience in more than 60 trials. His practice focuses in the areas of business and complex litigation, construction law, employment, and intellectual property litigation. At Chappelear’s previous firm, he served as managing partner for the Columbus office from 2004-2010.
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Stites & Harbison, PLLC, welcomes attorneys Paul Durdaller, Member, and Valerie Richmond, Counsel, to the firm’s Atlanta office. Both Durdaller and Richmond join the Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group.
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On June 4, 2013, IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., the world’s largest privately held cloud computing infrastructure provider. Financial terms were not disclosed. Cravath represented IBM in connection with this transaction, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2013 following satisfaction of customary closing conditions including regulatory clearances.
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Cahill represented the administrative agent and the arrangers in connection with the $1,055,000,000 Term B loan for Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P. Proceeds from the loan will be used to refinance existing indebtedness.
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King & Spalding has recruited London-based litigation and arbitration partner Egishe Dzhazoyan as the firm continues to further enhance its City team and international dispute resolution practice.
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City law firm Fox Williams LLP (Fox Williams) has strengthened its Employment, Partnerships, Corporate and Business Immigration teams in key areas through a wave of recent appointments. Helen Farr is the latest addition to the firm and joins as a Partner in the Employment team.
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Bird & Bird is delighted to announce that it has appointed Malgorzata Darowska as a partner in the Polish office.
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Cozen O’Connor announced today that it is opening a Minneapolis office with eight transactional and commercial litigation attorneys from Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP. Thomas Wallrich, Steven Silton, Thomas Kane, Peter Crema, Nadia Hasan, Heather Marx, Joel Nesset and Kristi Zentner are all joining the firm as members.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised the steering committee of secured lenders of LifeCare Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiaries, one of the largest operators of long-term acute care hospitals in the United States, in connection with the lenders’ acquisition of substantially all of LifeCare’s assets in a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. The lenders served as the stalking horse purchaser through a credit bid transaction worth approximately $320 million plus certain assumed liabilities.
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Pullman & Comley, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of six new attorneys. The attorneys will be based in Pullman & Comley’s Hartford office and include four partners: William R. Connon, Michael P. McKeon, John P. Shea, Jr. and Mark J. Sommaruga, as well as two associates: Zachary D. Schurin and Susan L. Scott.
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