International law firm Clifford Chance has advised Australia’s Griffin Coal on the successful A$7.5 million settlement of a claim by Perdaman Chemicals that originally sought compensation ofA$3.5 billion.
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Linklaters Advises Slovenia on US$3.5bn Sovereign Bond Issue
Linklaters has advised the Republic of Slovenia on its dual tranche US$3.5 billion sovereign bond issue.
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Holland & Hart Welcomes Four Attorneys to the Firm’s Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Group
Holland & Hart LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner Kevin Murray, and associates Nicole Squires, Ashley Peck, and Jennifer Horne to the firm’s Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources group. All four are based out of the firm’s Salt Lake City office, bringing the total number of Holland & Hart attorneys in Salt Lake City to 85.
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Orrick Adds International Arbitration Partner in Paris
Orrick Rambaud Martel announced today that Charles Kaplan has joined the firm as a partner in its international arbitration and dispute resolution practice. Mr. Kaplan joins the firm’s Paris office from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP where he served as Co-Head of the Global Arbitration Practice Group.
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Tracey Merwise Joins Jackson Lewis in San Francisco
Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Tracey K. Merwise has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as Partner. Ms. Merwise, who previously served as Co-Chair of Severson & Werson’s Labor and Employment practice group, has more than 17 years of workplace law experience.
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Ashurst Acts in A$238.8m Banksia Loan Portfolio Sale
Dechert Advising on €717m European Telecoms Divestiture
International law firm Dechert LLP is advising Cosmote, Greece’s largest mobile network operator, on the divestiture of its mobile network operator, Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile EAD (Globul) and its telecommunications retailer, Germanos Telecom Bulgaria (Germanos) in Bulgaria to Norway’s Telenor for €717 million. The transaction is subject to relevant merger control approvals and is expected to finalize in Q3 2013.
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Paul Hastings Advises Wells Fargo Bank in $500 Million Financing for Erickson Air-Crane
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented lead arranger Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in connection with a first lien ABL facility for Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated, a global provider of air transport services. The total financing consisted of a $100 million first lien ABL facility and a $400 million second lien notes offering. A portion of the notes proceeds were used as financing for the acquisition of Evergreen Helicopters, Inc.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Los AngelesPaul Hastings Represents Lead Arrangers in $300 Million Refinancing For ThermaSys Corporation
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented UBS Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets and GE Capital Markets, Inc., as joint lead arrangers, in connection with a $300 million refinancing for ThermaSys Corporation, a manufacturer and supplier of engineered copper, brass and aluminum heat exchanger components and assemblies. The financing consists of first lien credit facilities for the purposes of, among other things, refinancing existing indebtedness of ThermaSys Corporation and the payment of a shareholder dividend.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings Represents Salesforce.com in European Data Centre Expansion
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, in agreement with NTT Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications, to establish a European data centre in the U.K. Scheduled for completion in 2014, the new data centre will be salesforce.com’s sixth worldwide and will support the company’s cloud computing services across its growing customer base in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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