T&K Establishes San Francisco Office

The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the establishment of the Firm’s second California office with the addition of seven attorneys and other professional staff from San Francisco’s Ongaro Law Firm. Opening on March 1, the office will be led by longtime San Francisco litigator David R. Ongaro and will remain in its current Financial District location. Thompson & Knight opened a Los Angeles office in October 2012.

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Milbank Represents Joint Lead Arrangers in $640 M Institutional Refinancing for Topaz Power Holdings, LLC

International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Barclays Bank PLC as Joint Lead Arrangers, in the $640,000,000 refinancing of the Topaz Power Holdings, LLC (Topaz) power portfolio. The senior secured facilities included a $600,000,000 senior secured term loan facility, maturing in 2020, and a $30,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility, terminating in 2017, the proceeds of which were used to refinance $527,000,000 of existing term construction loan and a $45,000,000 revolving credit facility of Topaz. Milbank also represented Goldman Sachs Bank USA as administrative agent for the senior secured facilities.

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Silicon Valley Arrives in Australia; Leading Corporate and Technology Partner Joins Squire Sanders

Squire Sanders is pleased to announce the arrival of leading international corporate and technology partner, Richard Horton, who has joined the firm from DLA Piper.  Mr. Horton will be resident in both the Sydney and Silicon Valley offices.  His arrival coincides with Squire Sanders’ move to new permanent premises in Sydney, located in the Gateway building in the central business district.

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McKenna Long & Aldridge Expands National Footprint and Litigation Practice with Addition of 15 Aviation Lawyers from Dombroff Gilmore Jaques & French

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announced today that 15 members of the Aviation practice at Dombroff Gilmore Jaques & French (DGJ&F) will join the firm’s Litigation practice. With this new group of five partners, two of counsel, and eight associate counsel, MLA will add offices in Northern Virginia and Miami, Florida, expanding the firm’s presence to 15 offices in 12 markets.

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