International law firm Stephenson Harwood opens an office in Beijing today – the fourth office for the firm in Greater China and ninth worldwide.
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Stephenson Harwood Appoints New Rail Partner
Tammy Samuel has joined the rail team at international law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP. Tammy joins from Dentons, where she was a partner in the rail group. Prior to this, she was a senior associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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Simpson Thacher Advises on Apple’s Historic $17 Billion Bond Offering
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in connection with the registered public offering by Apple Inc. of $17 billion aggregate principal amount of notes over six tranches with maturities ranging from three to 30 years. The offering, Apple’s first since 1996, represents the largest corporate offering in history. The net proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes, including repurchases of common stock and payment of dividends under Apple’s recently expanded program to return capital to shareholders.
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The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Barclays, Credit Suisse, HSBC and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with a public offering by Altria Group, Inc. of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.950% Notes due 2023 and $650 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Notes due 2043.
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Epstein Becker Green Adds Jeffrey A. Lieberman to Employee Benefits Practice in New York
The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) today announced that Jeffrey A. Lieberman, a prominent employee benefits and executive compensations attorney, has joined the firm as a Member in the Employee Benefits practice, in the New York office.
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Paul S. Bock, Former Senate Staffer, Joins Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Practice as a Partner
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Paul S. Bock has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Public Policy & Regulation Practice Group, focusing his work on legislative and policy advocacy before Congress and the Obama administration in healthcare, antitrust, financial services, agriculture, transportation and energy. He will serve as the top Senate Democratic lobbyist for the practice.
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Norton Rose in Quebec Welcomes a New Partner
Norton Rose is pleased to announce that Olga Farman is joining the Quebec City office as a partner in the business law group. Her practice areas are life sciences, healthcare and technology, business law and intellectual property law.
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Clifford Chance Advises Griffin Coal on Successful Settlement of A$3.5 Billion Compensation Claim in Western Australia
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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