Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Citibank, as administrative agent and arranger, in $2.45 billion of debt financing for an $11 billion deal that would create one of the largest master limited partnerships (MLP) in the United States.
Tags: Bracewell LLP | HoustonBracewell & Giuliani LLP won a federal jury verdict in a patent suit on behalf of Syntrix, a biotechnology research firm, against Illumina in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington before U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle.
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The International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP said today that Ameer I. Ahmad has joined its Chicago office as a shareholder in the Corporate & Securities Practice. Prior to joining the firm, Ahmad was a partner with DLA Piper.
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Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented its client, ST Financial Group, Inc., in two recent transactions designed to achieve the client’s strategic objectives.
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome David Raizman as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office. Raizman is nationally known for his disability rights practice, specifically for his work under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In 2012, he was recognized by the Daily Journal as one of the top labor and employment attorneys in California and has been recognized multiple times as a Southern California Super Lawyer. He joins Ogletree Deakins from Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where he was a partner.
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A team led by Holland & Knight real estate partners Susan Booth and Martin Miner is representing Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) with their recently announced plans to acquire the U.S. Bank Tower and related properties, Maguire Gardens and a car park facility, in downtown Los Angeles for $367.5 million. OUE is a Singapore-based diversified real estate owner, developer and operator.
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Simpson Thacher recently represented CBRE Group, Inc. in connection with the offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued by CBRE Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc., and are guaranteed by CBRE Group, Inc. and the subsidiaries that guarantee its senior secured credit facility. The Notes are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that CBRE Group, Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Silicon ValleyThe Firm represents affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Invitation Homes, L.P. in connection with a $2.075 billion revolving credit facility to capitalize the purchase of distressed single-family rental homes. Invitation Homes is a national platform to purchase distressed single family homes and then refurbish, lease and maintain them in neighborhoods across the country and is the largest owner of single-family homes in the United States.
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Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP is pleased to announce that Theodore A. Penny and Shannon M. Blair have joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as partners in the Employment and Labor Practice Group.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised global private equity fund TPG International LLC on its acquisition of Ingham Group, the largest poultry supplier in Australia and New Zealand.
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