Orrick attorneys won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on March 19, 2013, that rescued the estimated $60 billion U.S. market of copyrighted goods manufactured abroad from the brink of potential disaster.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Moelis & Company, advisor to the Board of Directors of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., regarding CenterPoint Energy’s agreement with OGE Energy Corp. and ArcLight Capital to form a master limited partnership (MLP), which will include CenterPoint Energy’s interstate pipelines and field services businesses and the midstream business of Enogex LLC, owned jointly by subsidiaries of OGE and Arclight. The partnership will have combined assets of nearly $11 billion.
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International law firm Greenberg Traurig represented longtime client MasTec, Inc., in connection with its March 18, 2013 issuance of $400 million of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “New Notes”). The offering is considered historic because it represents one of only a very few high yield offerings that have ever been priced with an interest rate of less than five percent.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP is advising ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC in connection with the formation of a master limited partnership that will include the midstream businesses of Enogex LLC, which is jointly owned by ArcLight and OGE Energy Corp., and the interstate pipelines and field services businesses of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | HoustonBurleson LLP announced today that nine attorneys from McGloin, Davenport, Severson & Snow PC have joined the firm in Denver in a move that will extend Burleson’s national presence, further strengthen its core oil and gas platform, and broaden the skills and services offered by the firm.
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Haynes and Boone, LLP New York welcomes back Todd Ransom as a partner in the firm’s Prime Brokerage and Equity Lending Practice Group, a specialized practice focused on leveraged and derivative products and brokerage transactions used by financial institutions and private and public funds.
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WilmerHale has advised Yandex, the leading internet company in Russia, on its secondary public offering of Class A shares, with aggregate proceeds of $607 million. Yandex operates the most popular search engine and the most visited website in Russia, and its Class A are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “YNDX.” Yandex did not receive any proceeds of the offering by selling shareholders.
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Kyle C. Barry joins Husch Blackwell as the newest Partner in the firm’s Energy group. Barry will work for the firm from Springfield, Il.
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James Alford has joined Locke Lord’s Washington, D.C., office as a Partner in the Corporate and Energy practices. Alford has more than 25 years of on-the-ground experience in all phases of international project development and finance worldwide, with a particular current focus on renewable energy, water, toll road and port projects in Central and Latin America. His international achievements will contribute to Locke Lord’s well-respected and expanding energy and infrastructure practice throughout the Americas and across the globe.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Ayala Land, Inc. (“Ayala Land”) on its US$300 million top-up placement. Ayala Land is the largest real estate conglomerate in the Philippines engaged principally in the planning, development, subdivision and marketing of large-scale communities having a mix of residential, commercial, leisure and other uses.
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