The global law firm Jones Day announced today that Loren Weil and Matt O’Meara have joined the Chicago Office as partners in the Firm’s global Banking & Finance Practice. Both of them arrive from the Chicago office of Winston & Strawn LLP where they were partners in that firm’s banking practice. They are the third and fourth new partners to join in Chicago in the last three months, and will be part of the more than 200 Jones Day lawyers around the world serving financial institutions.
Tags: Jones DayHarneys Recruits Two New Cayman Partners
Harneys is pleased to announce the recruitment of partners Colin Berryman and Andrew Morehouse to its growing Cayman Islands team. Both join from Ogier in the Cayman Islands.
Tags: Harneys (Harney Westwood & Riegels)Prominent Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Partner Joins Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Chris Kennerly, has joined the firm as a partner with the Intellectual Property practice in Palo Alto. Mr. Kennerly joins from Baker Botts LLP, where he was chair of the Palo Alto IP department. His technology-based practice and experience with mobile telecom companies complements the firms growing footprint in the mobile technology market.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Silicon ValleyPaul Hastings Represents JPMorgan in Connection with Increase and Extension of $2 Billion Credit Facility for Murphy Oil Corporation
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, DNB Markets, Inc., RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, in connection with a commitment increase and maturity date extension for the $2 billion revolving credit facility for Murphy Oil Corporation, Canam Offshore Limited and Murphy Oil Company Ltd.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | HoustonPaul Hastings Advises The Carlyle Group on US$267 Million Acquisition of Central Plaza
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented The Carlyle Group, a U.S.-based private equity firm, in its US$267 million acquisition of an office building in Shanghai called Central Plaza, from Singapore-listed real estate fund Forterra Trust.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | ShanghaiPaul Hastings Represents Shuanghui International Holdings Limited in US $7.1 Billion Acquisition of Smithfield Foods
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing Shuanghui International Holdings Limited, the owner of China’s largest publicly-traded meat processing enterprise, in a US$7.1 billion agreement to acquire Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD), the largest U.S. publicly-traded pork processor and hog producer. The combination will create one of the largest global pork production, processing and packaged meat companies in the world.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongLabor and Employment Expert Lovita Tandy Rejoins King & Spalding
King & Spalding announced today the return of Lovita Tandy as a partner in the firm’s Atlanta office. She rejoins the business litigation practice to focus on labor and employment matters.
Tags: King & Spalding LLPMark Delegal and Josh Aubuchon Join Holland & Knight’s Florida Government Advocacy Team
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s Florida Government Advocacy Team with the addition of Mark Delegal and Josh Aubuchon. Mr. Delegal has joined as a partner and Mr. Aubuchon has joined as an associate, both in the firm’s Tallahassee office. Both attorneys were previously with Pennington P.A.
Tags: Holland & Knight LLPA&O Expands Global Litigation Practice with Partner Hire in Perth
The firm has today announced the appointment of leading litigator Mark van Brakel as a partner based in our Perth office, starting today, Tuesday 28th May.
Tags: Allen & Overy LLPKing & Wood Mallesons Acts on Pact Group’s $1 billion Refinancing via the US Term Loan B Market
King & Wood Mallesons has acted as Australian counsel for the Joint Lead Arrangers J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Barclays Bank, HSBC and Deutsche Bank on Pact Group’s $1 billion refinancing, which included a US$885 million Term Loan B facility (TLB), one of the largest TLB financings for an Australian borrower to date.
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