Appleby acted as Bermuda counsel for GuoLine Overseas Limited, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Hong Leong Group, in relation to its proposed voluntary cash offer to privatise Guoco for US$1.1 billion.
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Baker Botts Continues Middle East Expansion With ILG-Kuwait Alliance
Leading global energy law firm Baker Botts L.L.P. continued to expand its Middle East operations today by announcing an alliance with the International Legal Group (ILG) of Kuwait. This is the firm’s first foray into Kuwait, a country with a significant strategic role in the region.
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Morinelli Joins Jackson Lewis in Tampa
Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Karen M. Morinelli has joined the firm’s Tampa office, which opened in early 2013, as Partner. Ms. Morinelli joins Jackson Lewis from Ogletree Deakins, where she counseled a variety of private and public sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment law.
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Bracewell Advises on Commercial Close of Additional Sections of North Tarrant Express
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP advised Cintra Infraestructuras and Meridiam Infrastructure on the commercial close of an approximately $1.38 billion project with the Texas Department of Transportation to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain an extension of the North Tarrant Express.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today that it is adding energy finance Partner Jason Fox to its London office. He joins the firm from Herbert Smith Freehills and is the third partner named to Bracewell’s London office this year. Fox will assume the role of senior partner in the London office, and along with Julian Nichol and Alastair Young will serve as a cornerstone in the firm’s expansion of its global energy practice.
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Stites & Harbison Welcomes Robert Schroeder
Stites & Harbison, PLLC, welcomes Member/Partner Robert Schroeder to the firm’s Atlanta office. Mr. Schroeder is an award-winning former federal prosecutor, with over 25 years of public and private legal experience. His practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, business litigation, and healthcare litigation (including False Claims Act and regulatory and compliance litigation). He will join Stites & Harbison’s Business Litigation and Healthcare Service Groups.
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Ince Law Alliance Advises Vision Drilling on Its New US$205 million Jack Up Rig
International law firm Ince & Co Singapore LLP together with Incisive Law LLC advised Cyprus-based Dynamic Offshore Drilling Limited, in the vessel financing, construction and delivery of its new US$205 million 350 foot KFELS B Class jack-up rig Dynamic Vision constructed at Keppel Fels Shipyard in Singapore.
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Labor & Employment Attorney Roy Ginsburg Joins Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Minneapolis
Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Roy A. Ginsburg, a two-time recipient of Minnesota Lawyer’s “Attorney of the Year” honor, has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office as a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department.
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Ashurst Advises Iona Energy on a Borrowing Base Facility for Up to US$250 Million
Ashurst advised Iona Energy on a senior secured borrowing base facility (“BBF”) for up to US$250 million with a group of three banks led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Lloyds TSB Bank plc, and BNP Paribas. The BBF was entered into in connection with Iona Energy’s acquisition from Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc of an interest in the Huntington Oil Field.
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Nixon Peabody Advises in Debt and Equity Raise for Apollo Food Group
Boston-based Apollo Food Group LLC, producer of Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt, has secured a combination of debt and equity capital to finance continued growth as the company expands its product distribution.
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