On Feb. 1, 2013, Gordon & Rees LLP will open a Philadelphia office with the addition of eight new lateral partners who joined the firm from Cozen O’Connor. William P. Shelley, who previously served on Cozen’s board of directors and Management Committee as well as chairman of the firm’s Global Insurance Group, will serve as the Philadelphia office Managing Partner for Gordon & Rees.
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SRZ is pleased to announce that Barry A. Bohrer and Lisa A. Prager will join the firm as partners and Lara Covington as special counsel in the litigation practice. The group’s arrival from Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. brings further depth to SRZ’s 100-person litigation and enforcement practice.
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Hogan Lovells advised the members of the ad-hoc committee of bondholders of Sino-Forest Corporation (Sino-Forest) and the newly formed entity Emerald Plantation Group Limited (NewCo) on the implementation of a Plan of Compromise and Reorganization (the Plan) which was overwhelmingly approved by the creditors and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
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Gray Plant Mooty is pleased to announce that Mark Kirsch and Jan Gilbert have joined its 32-member Franchise & Distribution Practice Group, and will practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. As principals, these two high-profile attorneys bring more than 50 years of combined experience in the franchise industry, and both have strong backgrounds in domestic and international franchising.
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Zuckerman Spaeder LLP is pleased to announce that Mitra Hormozi, former chair of the New York State Commission on Public Integrity and former Chief of the Organized Crime Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, has joined the firm’s New York office. A former advisor to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Ms. Hormozi is a veteran trial attorney who brings years of government experience to her work on behalf of clients facing regulatory investigations, potential criminal prosecutions, internal investigations, and compliance matters. She has experience serving as a court-appointed monitor and special master, most recently overseeing the payment of damages to minority firefighter applicants. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York determined that New York City owed $128.7 million in back pay to minorities whose employment with the fire department had been either delayed or denied after they were required to take a test that was later found to be racially discriminatory. Ms. Hormozi is currently a commissioner on the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).
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Leading Australian antitrust specialist Dave Poddar has joined Clifford Chance as a partner.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLPLeading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised International Finance Corporation (IFC) on its subscription for 14.9% of the issued share capital of Peak Reinsurance Holdings at an aggregate subscription price of US$81,950,000. The firm also advised IFC on regulatory issues pertaining to the licensing requirements of the Insurance Authority of Hong Kong.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Hong KongLeading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised ING Bank N.V. (“ING”) on its sale of three-year bonds in Japan, raising JPY175.9 billion ($2.1 billion) in aggregate. This was the largest issue of JPY bonds in Japan by a foreign issuer in 2012, and one of the biggest ever fundraisings by a European issuer in Japan.
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Baker & McKenzie is the legal advisor to China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited (“CMHI”), the largest public port operator in China, on its strategic partnership with CMA CGM, the world’s third largest container shipping company, and its agreement to acquire 49% equity interest in Terminal Link, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, for €400 million.
Tags: Baker & McKenzie LLP | Hong KongBaker & McKenzie recently advised its long-standing client, Yuexiu Group, on two significant debt capital market transactions, namely:
