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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International legal practice Norton Rose has appointed Christian Dargham as a partner in its Paris office.

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Clayton Utz has appointed Andrew Leece as a partner in its Canberra office, reinforcing its reputation as a market leader in the ACT.

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Global law firm Mayer Brown advised a consortium of banks on the issuance and placement of a EUR 500m Mortgage Pfandbrief of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG due 18 March 2020. The EUR 500m Mortgage Pfandbrief issued on 18 March 2013 has a fixed interest rate of 1.50 per cent. p.a. The syndicate of banks included Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, Goldman Sachs International, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and UniCredit Bank AG as Joint Lead Managers.

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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that David B. Fournier has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. Fournier was most recently a partner at K&L Gates LLP. Prior to entering private practice, Fournier spent several years working as a patent scientist and patent agent with Pfizer Inc. (formerly Pharmacia Corporation). While at Pfizer, he was responsible for the development and implementation of product lifecycle management strategies for several key products.

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Dechert’s London-based emerging markets team advised the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (“SOCAR”), one of the world’s largest oil companies, in connection with its issuance of US$1,000,000,000 4.75% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2023. Deutsche Bank acted as sole bookrunner.

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