Clifford Chance has advised Barclays and HSBC, as joint sponsors, joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, and Numis as lead manager, in connection with housebuilder Crest Nicholson Holdings plc’s successful IPO and Premium Listing.
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Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Jeffrey A. Bernick has joined the firm’s Phoenix office as Partner. Mr. Bernick joins the firm from Ridenour, Hienton & Lewis, where he concentrated his practice on employment counseling and litigation as well as commercial litigation and appeals.
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Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Simmons & Company International, Jefferies LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers for the several underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 9,775,000 shares of common stock of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., which includes 1,275,000 shares of common stock purchased by the underwriters pursuant to their additional share purchase option.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole book-running manager and representative of the underwriters of a $149 million SEC-registered offering of 1,725,000 shares of common stock of HeartWare International, Inc., including 225,000 shares from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. Canaccord Genuity Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Lazard Capital Markets LLC acted as co-managers of the offering. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “HTWR.”
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International law firm DAC Beachcroft has significantly expanded its global footprint after sealing new associations with partner firms in Colombia and Kuala Lumpur.
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International law firm Pinsent Masons has strengthened its financial services team with the appointment of restructuring and insolvency expert Richard Tripp.
Tags: Pinsent Masons LLPInternational law firm Pinsent Masons has boosted its Financial Services team in the City with the appointment of regulatory specialist Monica Gogna, who joins as Partner.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP represented Apollo Global Management, LLC and Apollo portfolio company SourceHOV, in a merger agreement with an affiliate of Citi Venture Capital International. As a result of the merger, Apollo’s ownership will be converted into the right to receive cash, and its co-investor, HOVS LLC, an affiliate of India-based HOV Services Limited, will roll its equity holdings. Other holders will be entitled to elect to receive cash or stock. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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DLA Piper today announces the appointment of Ed Sheremeta to the role of partner with the firm’s Real Estate practice in Hong Kong. Ed joins from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom where he was the Head of the Asia Real Estate group. Ed also served for a period as Vice President on the commercial real estate lending team at Morgan Stanley Japan in Tokyo.
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Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Timothy J. Devetski, a leading tax lawyer in Houston with extensive experience in energy sector transactions and capital markets, is joining Sidley as a partner. Mr. Devetski will be resident in Sidley’s Houston office and will be part of its global Tax and Tax Controversy practice groups.
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