Russ Sullivan, the longtime staff director for the Senate Finance Committee, will join McGuireWoods as a partner in the firm’s Washington office on July 1, the firm announced today. He will also be a senior advisor to McGuireWoods Consulting, the firm’s public affairs subsidiary. Sullivan will provide strategic counsel to the firm’s clients, offering comprehensive solutions from an administrative, regulatory and legislative perspective to some of their most complex matters.

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Caroline Guest as shareholder and Ursula Kienbaum as of counsel in the firm’s Portland office. Both Guest and Kienbaum add depth to the Ogletree Deakins’ presence in the Northwest and expand the firm’s litigation, employment law, and traditional labor relations practice groups. Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, Guest and Kienbaum were with the Portland office of Littler Mendelson P.C.

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Bond Dickinson, the result of the merger between Dickinson Dees and Bond Pearce, has expanded its real estate team in Leeds with the appointment of Stephen Glass.

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Gilbert + Tobin advised Pacific Equity Partners and Hoyts Group in relation to c. US$450 million refinancing facilities arranged by Credit Suisse (as left side lead) and UBS. The facilities include a first lien US$310 million Term Loan B facility, a A$40 million first lien revolving facility and a US$100 million second lien facility.

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King & Wood Mallesons has acted on the $5.07 billion privatisation of two of Australia’s biggest ports, Port Botany and Port Kembla, which reached financial close on 31 May 2013.

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