International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that it is opening an office in Singapore. It will be the firm’s fifth office in Asia, after Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo.
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Alston & Bird Expands Capital Markets Practice
Alston & Bird LLP announced today that a group of five partners, previously at Dentons, will join its capital markets practice. Four partners will be based in New York, and another based in Washington, D.C.
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Sheppard Mullin Washington, D.C. Adds Three Partner Communications Practice
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has added three partners to the firm’s Business Trial practice group and Communications team: Gardner Gillespie, Dave Thomas, and Paul Werner. Gillespie, Thomas and Werner join Sheppard Mullin’s Washington, D.C. office from Hogan Lovells’ Washington office.
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Davis Polk Advises Baidu on Its Acquisition of the Online Video Business of PPS
Davis Polk is advising Baidu, Inc. in connection with its $370 million acquisition of the online video business of PPS. The definitive agreement was signed on May 7, 2013. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.
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Davis Polk is advising BofA Merrill Lynch as financial adviser to BMC Software, Inc. in connection with its approximately $6.9 billion acquisition by a private investor group led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital together with GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd. and Insight Venture Partners. The transaction, which is expected to close later this year, is subject to approval from BMC shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
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High Profile Team will Join Latham & Watkins as Firm Announces Plans to Open New Office in Dusseldorf
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that it will add four new partners with formidable experience in complex M&A and high stakes litigation to its German team, and will open a new office in Düsseldorf. The partners are recognized leaders in their respective fields, and the team brings substantial experience across a wide range of industries.
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O’Melveny to Add Preeminent Restructuring Team
O’Melveny & Myers LLP is pleased to announce that John J. Rapisarsdi and George A. Davis, former co-chairs of Cadwalader’s Global Financial Restructuring Department, and former Cadwalader partner Peter M. Friedman will be joining O’Melveny as partners in the Firm’s Restructuring Practice. Widely recognized among the country’s most respected restructuring lawyers, Rapisardi, Davis, and Friedman have played key roles in some of the largest restructuring projects and most significant bankruptcies ever filed. Based in New York, Rapisardi and Davis will become Global Co-Practice Group Leaders of O’Melveny’s Restructuring Group, and Friedman will reside in the Firm’s DC office. San Francisco-based O’Melveny partner Suzzanne Uhland will serve as US Practice Group Leader of the Restructuring Group.
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Cahill Represents Praxair in $650 Million Public Offering
Cahill represented Praxair, Inc. in connection with its public offering of $650,000,000 comprised of $475,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.25% Notes due 2018 and $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.55% Notes due 2042. Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
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Perkins Coie Adds Experienced Bankruptcy Partner in California
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Sara L. Chenetz has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Financial Transactions & Restructuring group. Chenetz, who represents clients in restructuring, bankruptcy, workouts, litigation and related matters, was most recently a partner at Blank Rome LLP.
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Hunton & Williams LLP Continues Expansion of Global Corporate Practice, Adds Alison Dreizen in New York
Hunton & Williams LLP continues the expansion of its global corporate practice, adding Alison Dreizen to its New York office as partner. She has more than 30 years of global corporate experience in the financial services, manufacturing, mining and shipping sectors. Dreizen joins the firm from White & Case, where previously she was the resident partner in Moscow and spent a year in its Hong Kong office.
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