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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Theodore R. Walters has joined Porter Wright’s Naples office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department.
Tags: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLPButler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC (Butler Snow) is pleased to announce that Brian C. Kimball has joined the firm’s Ridgeland office.
Attorney John Dakmak has joined Clark Hill PLC Detroit as a Senior Attorney in the Litigation Practice Group. Dakmak focuses his litigation practice in the areas of white collar criminal defense, administrative law, and business litigation.
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King & Spalding today announced the addition of a team of three international arbitration and construction lawyers from Simmons & Simmons to its Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices, the latest move in its plan of expansion of its global disputes capabilities.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has bolstered its corporate practice further in Asia with the addition of Li Chen as a partner in the firm’s Beijing office. She joins the firm from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.
Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | BeijingAkin Gump has advised CITIC PE, a private equity fund associated with a unit of China’s CITIC Private Equity Funds Management Co., Ltd., in its successful buyout of Chinese biotech firm 3SBio Inc. CITIC PE formed a consortium with the management team of 3SBio Inc. in connection with the transaction.
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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Partners Michael A. Stafford andKatharine D. (Kate) David to the Firm’s Houston office. The duo joins Gardere’s Trial Practice Group, adding depth to the Firm’s Government Affairs and Condemnation/Eminent Domain practices.
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Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP are pleased to announce their completed combination – effective today, Monday June 3 – creating a new, global legal practice, Norton Rose Fulbright. This transatlantic combination is one of the largest in the history of the legal profession.
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