Sedgwick Opens Miami Office

Monday, April 1, 2013

On April 1, 2013, attorneys from Abadin Cook, a certified minority law firm, joined Sedgwick, establishing a Miami office for our firm. Abadin Cook’s attorneys are highly regarded trial attorneys and represent clients in complex personal injury and commercial litigation. Its founding partners, Ramón Abadin and Kimberly Cook, and three associates will join Sedgwick, establishing the firm’s 16th office worldwide and its second in South Florida. Sedgwick has an existing office in Ft. Lauderdale.

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Cooley Adds Boston-based Technology Transactions Capabilities

Monday, April 1, 2013

Cooley LLP announced today that Matthew A. Karlyn has joined the firm’s business department as a partner and a member of its technology transactions practice group. Karlyn, who will be based in Cooley’s Boston office, joins the firm from Foley & Lardner LLP where he was a partner in that firm’s information technology and outsourcing practice, as well as its privacy, security and information management practice.

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Paul Hastings Represents Brookfield Investment Management Inc. in $420 Million Offering for Brookfield Mortgage Opportunity Income Fund Inc.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Brookfield Investment Management Inc. in connection with the completion of a $420 million common stock offering for the Brookfield Mortgage Opportunity Income Fund Inc., a newly-organized, diversified closed-end management investment company that seeks to capitalize on the recovery in the U.S. residential and commercial real estate markets by investing primarily in a portfolio of mortgage-related investments.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Offerings of Senior Notes and Senior Convertible Notes by United States Steel Corporation

Monday, April 1, 2013

Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, in offerings by United States Steel Corporation of (i) $275 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2021 and (ii) $316.25 million aggregate principal amount of 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2019 (including $41.25 million aggregate principal amount related to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, which was exercised in full). United States Steel used the proceeds of the offerings, along with cash, to repurchase approximately $541.9 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.

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