Kirkland & Ellis International LLP represented BlueBay Asset Management LLP, a leading specialist manager of fixed income and alternative investments, in the final closing of the BlueBay Direct Lending Fund. The fund has raised more than €800 million of commitments from institutional investors, including pension funds, insurance companies and family offices.
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Fisher & Phillips LLP announced that veteran employment attorney Jeffrey A. Dretler joined the firm’s Boston office. Dretler comes from Prince Lobel, where he specialized in the health care, media, and hospitality industries.
Tags: Fisher & Phillips LLPNancy Kierstyn Schreiner has joined Anderson Kill California, LLP, the west coast office of Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., as a shareholder and will chair the firm’s new Government Affairs Group.
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Richard Wehrle is a Member of the firm and is based in the Lexington office. His practice focuses on trusts and estate administration, estate planning and charitable giving, charitable and non-profit organizations, estate and gift taxes, probate, and fiduciary law. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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Skadden is representing Valeant Pharmaceuticals in its $8.7 billion acquisition of Bausch & Lomb, announced on May 27.
Tags: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPHiscock & Barclay, LLP, has expanded its presence in the New York metropolitan area through the opening of an office in One Gateway Center in Newark, N.J. It is the firm’s ninth office and supplements the firm’s existing presence at Rockefeller Center in New York City.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the addition of three partners to the firm’s New York office across several practices. Rajiv Khanna joins the firm’s Corporate Department from K&L Gates, Edward Maluf joins the firm’s Litigation Department from Bingham McCutchen LLP and Philip Smith joins Seyfarth’s Litigation Department from Patton Boggs LLP.
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Day Pitney is pleased to announced that Craig Gianetti has joined the firm today as partner in the Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental department. His practice focuses on commercial and residential real estate transactional matters, land use and redevelopment, and construction and contract litigation. He represents clients in securing commercial and residential land use development approvals, and conducts due diligence research and prepares detailed reports on the viability of real estate projects.
Tags: Day Pitney LLPMcKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announces the addition of Nancy Grunberg, Treazure Johnson and George Kostolampros, who will all join as partners in MLA’s White Collar and Criminal Defense practice. They will operate out of the firm’s Washington, DC office, focusing on civil and criminal securities law enforcement and financial disclosure matters.
On May 28, 2013, TECO Energy, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with Continental Energy Systems LLC, and its subsidiary New Mexico Gas Intermediate, Inc., to acquire New Mexico Gas Company for an aggregate value of $950 million, including the assumption of $200 million of New Mexico Gas Company debt, subject to customary closing adjustments. Cravath represented Continental Energy Systems, a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg LLC, in connection with this transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, and is subject to regulatory approvals.
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