King & Wood Mallesons has acted for BG Group on its binding agreements with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for the sale of certain additional interests in the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) project in Australia for $1.93 billion and for the supply of an additional 5 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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J. Patrick LaRue has joined Porter Hedges as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. His practice primarily focuses on M&A, corporate governance, private equity and general corporate counseling and advisory services. He represents a wide range of public and private clients and serves as outside general counsel to various organizations in Houston and throughout Texas.
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International law firm Clyde & Co has been granted a licence by China’s Ministry of Justice to open an office in Beijing.
Tags: Clyde & Co LLP | BeijingInternational law firm Clyde & Co is pleased to announce the lateral appointments of Rhys Lewis and Ross Barfoot as partners in its MENA corporate group, bringing regional corporate partner numbers to 12 and total regional partner numbers to 36.
Tags: Clyde & Co LLP | DubaiClyde & Co is pleased to announce the appointment of Sidanth Rajagopal as a partner in the firm’s MENA aviation practice.
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Michelle D. Gambino has joined the firm’s Litigation practice. Gambino will reside in the firm’s Tysons Corner office.
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International law firm Dechert LLP advised Chrysaor E&P Ireland Limited, a subsidiary of long-standing firm client Chrysaor Holdings Limited, an independent exploration and production company focused on developing and commercializing oil and gas discoveries in the UK North Sea and Ireland, on its farm-out agreement with Capricorn Ireland Limited, a subsidiary of Cairn Energy PLC. Capricorn will acquire the rights to obtain a 38% interest in its two Frontier Exploration Licences 2/04 and 4/08 and in the Licensing Option 11/2 in Quad 35 offshore west of Ireland by paying 63.3% of future exploration costs for up to two wells, subject to a cap.
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The Firm is representing Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: CMLP) (“Crestwood”) in connection with the merger of Crestwood and Inergy Midstream, L.P. (NYSE: NRGM) (“Inergy Midstream”), an affiliate of Inergy, L.P. (NYSE: NRGY), to create a fully integrated midstream partnership with a total enterprise value of approximately $7 billion. The combination of Crestwood and Inergy Midstream will create a diverse platform of midstream assets providing broad-ranging services in the premier shale plays in North America. Under the terms of the definitive transaction agreements, the combination of the two companies will be effected through a series of transactions, which will result in Crestwood Holdings acquiring the general partner of Inergy prior to the consummation of the merger.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | HoustonSimpson Thacher recently represented Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. in connection with a new $275,000,000 senior unsecured term loan facility. The proceeds of the senior unsecured term loan facility will be used to redeem all of the Company’s outstanding 9.5%/10.25% Senior PIK-Election Notes due 2015.
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