Winston & Strawn LLP has announced Paula W. Hinton will join the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the litigation practice. Ms. Hinton was formerly a partner at Vinson & Elkins, where her practice focused on representing businesses in a broad array of complex civil litigation. The arrival of Ms. Hinton broadens the office’s litigation capabilities and underscores Winston & Strawn’s commitment to developing a full-service platform in Houston.
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Alston & Bird served as legal counsel to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Ebix, Inc., a leading international supplier of on-demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance industry, in a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in an $820 million transaction, where Ebix shareholders will receive $20 per share in cash.
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Davis Polk advised Banco do Brasil Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Bradesco Securities, Inc., Itaú BBA USA Securities, Inc., BTG Pactual US Capital LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brasil Plural Securities LLC and Banco Votorantim Securities as joint bookrunners on the Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering of common shares of BB Seguridade Participações S.A. on the São Paulo Stock Exchange. The selling shareholder, Banco do Brasil S.A., sold an aggregate of 675 million shares for a total of approximately R$11.4 billion ($5.7 billion). BB Seguridade’s IPO is the second-largest initial public offering ever by a Latin American issuer and the largest global initial public offering to date in 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Sao PauloDickstein Shapiro LLP is pleased to announce that Jean-Paul (J.P.) Lavalleye has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice as partner, effective April 30, in its Washington, DC office. J.P. is nationally known for representing a number of the world’s largest companies in patent matters and he is actively involved in all areas of patent law, with particular emphasis on patent counseling, patent disputes, litigation and litigation avoidance and/or resolution.
Wick Phillips announces that Michael L. Baum has joined the Dallas office as a partner in the employment and commercial litigation groups. With nearly 15 years of experience, Baum represents parties in employment related matters in both state and federal court based on: wrongful termination and discrimination in the workplace (age, race, gender, pregnancy, national origin, religion and disability); claims of unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act; and cases involving alleged violations of the Family Medical Leave Act. He also has extensive jury trial experience and has successfully arbitrated numerous employment-related cases.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on its acquisition of Germany-based Armacell Group from Investcorp in a secondary buyout worth around €500 million. The transaction is subject to clearance by the relevant competition authorities and expected to close in the summer of 2013.
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Hogan Lovells has advised Kingdom Holding Company in the refinancing of London’s historic hotel, The Savoy, valued in excess of £600 million. Kingdom is chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia.
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Choate today announced that David Currie has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Real Estate Group where he will continue to represent real estate developers and real estate private equity funds in all aspects of acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing and development of real property. Mr. Currie has served as general counsel/chief legal officer for three companies actively involved in commercial real estate matters, most recently as general counsel at The Davis Companies, a fully integrated real estate company where he was responsible for all legal matters. He also has extensive experience counseling real estate private equity funds in the acquisition of office, retail, industrial and multi-family properties.
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Squire Sanders has announced the appointment of construction partner Avendra Singh, who has joined the firm from Colin Biggers & Paisley.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Bank of Queensland Limited (BOQ) on the acquisition of Virgin Money Australia from the Virgin Group. The deal included an agreement with the Virgin Group for the exclusive use of the Virgin Money brand in Australia for up to 40 years.
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