Hogan Lovells is proud to announce that it secured antitrust clearance from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for client Arris’ proposed US$2.35 billion purchase of Google Inc.’s Motorola Home unit. With this final approval, the communications technology company has received all of the necessary regulatory authorizations surrounding the purchase. The acquisition is expected to close later this week.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised MGPA on behalf of MGPA Asien Spezialfonds, which targets German-speaking institutional investors on two property investments in Japan. The investments comprise the acquisition of two Tokyo office buildings, South Shin Otsuka building in Otsuka and Shinjuku TX building in Shinjuku. These transactions are MGPA Asien Spezialfonds first investments in Japan with both transactions closing in March. The fund is launched on the administration platform of the German investment company Universal-Investment.
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Hunton & Williams LLP announces the further growth of its global litigation practice with the return of Nash E. Long III as partner in Charlotte. Long, who joins from Winston & Strawn, focuses his practice on complex litigation, including arbitrations, jury trials, bench trials, and class actions related to environmental, business torts, commercial contract, intellectual property, construction, consumer law and product liability disputes.
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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co, LLC and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. in connection with the initial public offering of Neuberger Berman MLP Income Fund Inc. (the “Fund”). The offering raised approximately $1.1 billion, assuming full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.
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Matheson is advising Royalty Pharma on its $7.3 billion cash offer for Elan Corporation plc, the Irish biotechnology company. The Matheson team is led by Tim Scanlon, George Brady and Fergus Bolster.
Tags: MathesonHarbottle & Lewis is delighted to announce that Dalton Odendaal has re-joined the firm as a Partner. For the last six years Dalton has been working on the Olympic Games with LOCOG and the BOA.
KhattarWong LLP announces the appointment of Mr Shashi Nathan, one of Singapore’s leading criminal defence lawyers, as Partner of Criminal Litigation Department.
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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP announced today the official opening of its Seoul office. The office opens for business today, 15 April 2013.
The world’s 12th largest economy and the 4th largest economy in Asia, South Korea is an investment market with significant potential globally. Free trade agreements with two of its main trading partners—the US and the EU—recently came into force. These provide for broad and deep liberalisation of trade in goods and services, including legal services, and permit US and EU law firms to open offices in South Korea for the first time.
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Eric Shumsky, formerly of Sidley Austin LLP, has joined the firm as a partner in the Supreme Court and Appellate Group, resident in Washington, D.C. Mr. Shumsky’s arrival follows the addition earlier this year of Robert Loeb, former Acting Deputy Director of the Appellate Staff of the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, announced that Daniel Serota has joined its New York City office as a Shareholder in the Corporate & Securities Practice.
Serota focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and corporate governance matters.
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