Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that attorneys Michael J. Zalewski, O. Kate Tragesser, Gina C. Adduci, and Minority Business Enterprise professional Maura L. Downs have joined the firm. Mr. Zalewski, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, has joined the firm Of Counsel while Ms. Tragesser has joined as a Partner. Both will be members of the firm’s Business Practice Group. Ms. Tragesser will lead a team of experienced government contracting and M/W/DBE certification professionals.
Leading Banking and Finance Partner Joins Chadbourne’s London Office
Chadbourne & Parke announced today that leading banking and finance lawyer Partha Pal has joined the firm as a partner in the London office. Pal comes to Chadbourne from the London office of Sidley Austin LLP, where as a partner he focused on cross-border banking and structured finance transactions and related restructurings, contentious and regulatory matters.
McDermott Wins Significant Victory for Constellation Brands
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP secured a significant win for firm client Constellation Brands, Inc., over a group of consumer plaintiffs seeking to stop its $4.75 billion acquisition of the U.S. beer business of Corona and related brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev (Euronext: ABI; NYSE: BUD).
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Seasoned Litigator John Voorhees Joins Greenberg Traurig’s Denver Office
John Voorhees, a litigator with 36 years’ experience has joined international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP in Denver. He will focus his practice in the areas of environmental, health care and white collar crime.
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Peter Siachos Joins Gordon & Rees’s New Jersey Office
Peter Siachos has joined the New Jersey and New York offices of Gordon & Rees as a partner in the Commercial Litigation, Franchise, Product Liability, and Hospitality Practice Groups. Having tried over 40 cases to conclusion, Mr. Siachos has comprehensive litigation experience representing major corporations, franchisors, closely-held businesses, partnerships, and individuals in multiple jurisdictions in a wide range of complex commercial disputes before federal and state trial and appellate courts, administrative and regulatory agencies, and alternative dispute resolution panels.
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Mayer Brown Advises The Kingdom of Morocco on Its $750 Million Note Offering
Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised The Kingdom of Morocco on its offering of $500 million in 10-year notes and $250 million in 30-year notes in reliance on Rule 144A and on the listing of the notes on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
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Skadden – Deutsche Bank Closes Financing for Brookfield Office Properties
Skadden represented Deutsche Bank AG as lead arranger and administrative agent for $1 billion in financing on two of the four office towers at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan (formerly known as the World Financial Center): the 2.5-million-square-foot 225 Liberty St. and the 1.8-million-square-foot 250 Vesey St., announced on June 3.
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Land Use Attorney Allison E. Turnbull Joins Holland & Knight
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that land use attorney Allison E. Turnbull has joined the firm’s Orlando office as a partner. She was previously a partner with Baker Hostetler.
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Robert F. Martin has joined the White Plains, New York office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC as a Member in the firm’s Mass Tort and Litigation Groups.
Davis Polk – General Electric Capital Corporation $1 Billion Preferred Stock Offering
Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with the public offering of 10,000 shares of fixed-to-floating-rate non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series C by General Electric Capital Corporation (“GECC”).
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