Diane A. Thompson, who has more than 20 years of experience advising clients on employee benefits and executive compensation issues, has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in Los Angeles, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today.
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Gerald L. Shargel, widely regarded as one of the best criminal defense lawyers in the country, has joined Winston & Strawn LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Shargel, who has handled some of the most high-profile criminal cases at the investigative, trial and appellate levels, joins the firm’s litigation practice.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has represented a group of major banks and investment firms as underwriters of senior notes issued by Mexican highway developer Red de Carreteras de Occidente, S.A.P.I.B. The 15-year notes, due in 2028, raised MXN $7.5 billion (US $603 million). It was the first time that RCO, one of Mexico’s leading highway infrastructure firms, had accessed financing in the international capital markets and the first time since 2006 that a Mexican toll-road operator accessed the international capital markets.
Tags: Milbank LLP | Mexico CityA team of lawyers at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has represented the Maloof family, owners of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and their home court Sleep Train Arena, in the sale of a 65% controlling interest in the team to a Sacramento-based investor group. The transaction valued the Kings at $534 million, a record price for an NBA franchise.
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Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce it has added former federal prosecutor Laura Colombell Marshall as a partner in Richmond. Marshall was a senior member of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia for more than 14 years. Marshall will focus on investigations, regulatory and civil enforcement and white collar criminal defense.
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Cahill represented J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo, Barclays and Citigroup as lead arrangers in connection with the $11.5 billion in credit facilities consisting of $9.5 billion of term loan facilities that were used to fund a portion of the consideration for the $23 billion leveraged buyout of H.J. Heinz by 3G Capital Partners Ltd. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and $2.0 billion of revolving credit facilities.
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On May 30, 2013, Access Bio, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“Access Bio”), successfully listed Korean Depositary Shares (KDSs), representing the shares of the common stock of Access Bio and evidenced by Korean Depositary Receipts, on the KOSDAQ Market of the Korea Exchange. Access Bio was formed in 2001 to develop, manufacture and distribute in vitro diagnostics test kits for the detection of genetic diseases worldwide. The initial public offering (IPO), valued over 22,888,431,000 million won (approx. US$20.2million), was only the second IPO by a U.S. corporation in The Republic of Korea and the first IPO by a U.S. corporation through the offering of KDSs. The IPO comprised 5,086,318 shares of common stock of Access Bio in a public offering in The Republic of Korea in reliance on Regulation S of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLPThe international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, has added shareholder David Oppenheim to its New Jersey and New York offices. Oppenheim’s practice will focus on franchising, transactional and regulatory matters.
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Reed Smith today announced the addition of L. Julius M. Turman as a partner in its Labor & Employment practice in the firm’s San Francisco office.
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The Firm is representing an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII (Blackstone) in connection with the announced acquisition, along with its Brazilian partner Pátria Investimentos, of 70% of the share capital of Alphaville Urbanismo S.A. (“Alphaville”) from Gafisa S.A. (“Gafisa”) for approximately R$1.4 billion (approximately US$665 million), valuing Alphaville at an equity value of approximately R$2 billion. The remaining 30% of the share capital of Alphaville will remain with Gafisa. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2013 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval by Brazilian antitrust authorities.
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