BLB&G announced today that it has obtained a $730 million cash recovery for the Class in In re Citigroup, Inc. Bond Litigation. The settlement, which is subject to Court approval, comes after more than four years of protracted litigation, including the denial of defendants’ motions to dismiss and a massive and intensive discovery effort that involved more than 70 depositions.
Robert W. Cook, Former Director of SEC Division of Trading and Markets, Returns to Cleary Gottlieb
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced today that Robert W. Cook, former Director of the Division of Trading and Markets of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will return to the firm as a partner this spring. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and will focus on securities, derivatives, and market regulation.
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Paul Hastings Represents Wells Fargo in $400 Million Credit Facility for Lonestar Resources America Inc.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as the administrative agent in connection with a $400 million senior secured revolving credit facility for Lonestar Resources America Inc.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | HoustonPaul Hastings Represents BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and BMO Capital Markets as Joint Book Runners in Sun Communities, Inc. Follow-on Public Offering of Common Stock
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and BMO Capital Markets as joint book-running managers for Sun Communities, Inc.’s (NYSE: SUI) follow-on public offering of common stock.
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Perkins Coie Bolsters Intellectual Property Practice
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Brian Kinnear has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice as a Partner in the Denver office. He was previously a Partner at Holland & Hart LLP.
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Bracewell Represents Citibank in Financings Connected with CenterPoint’s Plans for $11 Billion Midstream MLP
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Citibank, as administrative agent and arranger, in $2.45 billion of debt financing for an $11 billion deal that would create one of the largest master limited partnerships (MLP) in the United States.
Tags: Bracewell LLP | HoustonBracewell Represents Syntrix in $96 Million DNA Patent Suit
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP won a federal jury verdict in a patent suit on behalf of Syntrix, a biotechnology research firm, against Illumina in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington before U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle.
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Greenberg Traurig Expands its Chicago Corporate & Securities Practice with the Addition of Ameer I. Ahmad
The International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP said today that Ameer I. Ahmad has joined its Chicago office as a shareholder in the Corporate & Securities Practice. Prior to joining the firm, Ahmad was a partner with DLA Piper.
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Jackson Walker Represents ST Financial Group in Strategic Acquisition, Stock Offering
Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented its client, ST Financial Group, Inc., in two recent transactions designed to achieve the client’s strategic objectives.
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Ogletree Deakins Adds Prominent Southern California Employment and Disability Rights Attorney
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome David Raizman as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office. Raizman is nationally known for his disability rights practice, specifically for his work under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In 2012, he was recognized by the Daily Journal as one of the top labor and employment attorneys in California and has been recognized multiple times as a Southern California Super Lawyer. He joins Ogletree Deakins from Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where he was a partner.
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