The international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP advised the Grohe Group, the world’s leading provider of sanitary fittings, on the increase of its shareholding in Joyou AG, the Chinese bathroom solutions provider listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, to approximately 72.3 percent. As part of the realignment of the shareholder structure of Joyou AG, Messrs. Jianshe and Jilin Cai will trade their direct and indirect holdings in Joyou AG of approximately 36.5 percent for a stake in the Grohe Group.

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Thomas C. Frongillo, head of the Litigation Practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Boston office and Co-Chair of the firm’s national White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice Group, has joined Fish & Richardson as a Principal in its Commercial Litigation Group.  Frongillo is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts with over 30 years of litigation experience.  He will continue to represent clients in high-stakes white collar criminal prosecutions, corporate and regulatory investigations, and complex commercial litigation.

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DLA Piper represented Fibra Inn, Mexico’s fourth publicly traded REIT, in a combined offering, valued at approximately US$318 million. The offering consisted of an initial public offering in Mexico and an international offering in the United States to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A under the US Securities Act and in other countries outside of Mexico and the United States to certain non-US persons pursuant to Regulation S under the US Securities Act. Assuming exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, the total value of the offering will increase to approximately US$358 million.

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DLA Piper has advised Italian based company Prysmian S.p.A. on its placement of €300 million of 1.25% of equity-linked bonds to institutional investors, due in 2018. Prysmian is the world’s leading producer of high-technology cables and systems for the energy and telecommunications industries.

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Pam Rothenberg, Lisa Ruddy, Chris Iavarone, John Hagner, Stan Wrobel, Chris Bullock and Melissa M. Morgan helped complete the largest real estate transaction in the U.S. since 2007. The team represented AvalonBay Communities, Inc., which joined with Equity Residential in acquiring all of the assets and most of the liabilities of Archstone Enterprise LP from Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. Archstone was one of the largest developers and operators of apartment buildings in the country.

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Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented Holt Texas, Ltd., as borrower, in complex financing transactions totaling over $850 million. The transactions, which closed on Feb. 19, 2013, included $200 million in new credit and amending and renewing over $650 million in existing credit.

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The Florida-based law firm Broad and Cassel is pleased to announce that veteran health law attorney Mike Bittman joins Broad and Cassel’s nationally-recognized Health Law Practice Group. With nearly three decades of experience, the board-certified health law attorney brings a reputation for integrity, depth and expertise to an already strong practice, which includes more board-certified attorneys than any other firm in the State of Florida. Based in Orlando, Bittman also adds a senior presence in the central part of the state, enhancing the firm’s statewide presence.

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