WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Richard Hoffman will rejoin its Boston office as a partner in the Transactional Department and Corporate and Life Sciences Groups. He has more than 25 years of corporate, legal and business development experience in the life sciences industry. Mr. Hoffman has significant expertise in establishing new companies and advising existing companies on corporate, financial and business development strategies.
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There will be a transition from Current TV’s existing programming until Al Jazeera’s new US-based channel begins to air in 2013 from New York City on Current TV’s distribution network. In addition to the existing Al Jazeera news bureaus in New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago, Al Jazeera plans to open additional bureaus in key locations across the US.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Greatpart Limited (“Greatpart”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinochem Group, in the share placing of Far East Horizon Ltd. (“Far East Horizon”), a leading financial services company focusing on financial leasing. Sinochem Group is one of the largest Chinese state-owned enterprises.
Tags: Paul Hastings LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Acadia Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust, in the sale of 12 self-storage properties located in the New York City area for $261.5 million. The purchaser of the self-storage space is a joint venture between an institutional investor and the current Storage Post management team.
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International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Global Securities partner Marcelo Mottesi, acted as special US counsel to Bank of America, N.A. as lender under a credit and guaranty agreement in the amount of US$726 million to the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina. The loan matures in 2022, and is guaranteed by the Federative Republic of Brazil.
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Jackson Walker successfully represented Buffalo Studios LLC, a privately held social and mobile games developer, in the sale of its Bingo Blitz business and Santa Monica, Calif., development studio to Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
Tags: Jackson Walker, LLP | DallasJackson Walker successfully represented client NuStar Energy L.P. in the sale of its San Antonio refinery and related assets to Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. for $100 million, plus closing date inventory of approximately $15 million. The deal closed on Jan. 2, 2013. The related assets included a terminal in Elmendorf, Texas, and a pipeline connecting the terminal and refinery.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that William J. Kramer has joined the firm’s Patent Litigation and Counseling Practice as a partner in the Chicago office. Most recently, he was a partner at Miller Matthias & Hull in Chicago, where he served as head of the Computer Science Department. Previously, he was a partner at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, where he led the Electrical Group and Finance Committee.
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