Swedish real property group Wallenstam has completed wind power transactions with Eolus Vind. The transactions include the acquisition of wind turbines in the wind power park Södervidinge in Kävlinge municipality. In connection with the acquisition, Wallenstam divests half its ownership in Lunnekullen Vindkraft AB to Eolus Vind AB.
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King & Spalding has recruited veteran intellectual property lawyer Kenneth Steinthal as a partner in its San Francisco office. Steinthal joins King & Spalding from Greenberg Traurig, where he served as head of its San Francisco office, and prior to that, as co-head of Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ IP/media practice. Also joining King & Spalding’s San Francisco IP practice, as counsel, is Joseph R. Wetzel, who practiced with Steinthal at Steinthal’s previous two firms.
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The international law firm Bryan Cave LLP announced today that Sonia Kaur Bain has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. She will practice within the Real Estate Group.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the lenders on the ground-breaking US$1.2 billion financing of Indorama’s nitrogenous fertiliser complex in Rivers State, Nigeria, the largest fertiliser plant in Africa.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has acted as international and US counsel to NTPC Limited (“NTPC”), one of India’s largest state-owned power generation companies, in connection with an offer for sale (“OFS”) by the Government of India of a US$2.14 billion stake in NTPC.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Thomas F. Hanley, III has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Real Estate Department. Previously, Hanley was a partner at Dykema Gossett, where he led the firm’s Los Angeles Real Estate Practice Group.
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A duo of powerhouse banking attorneys has joined the Atlanta office of Troutman Sanders LLP, the law firm announced today.
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Attorneys with the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP represented WBI Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE: MDU), in the formation of Dakota Prairie Refining, LLC, a $300 million joint venture with Calumet Specialty Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: CLMT) that will develop, build, and operate a diesel refinery in southwestern North Dakota. The transaction was announced on Feb. 7, 2013.
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Dechert D.C.-based partners Paul T. Denis and James A. Fishkin are leading a team serving as antitrust counsel to OfficeMax Inc. in its proposed merger of equals with Office Depot Inc. that was announced today. The combined market capitalization of the two companies is more than $2.5 billion.
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William W. Wales, who spent more than 30 years in the legal department of The Dow Chemical Company and Dow AgroSciences LLC, has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Indianapolis office as a partner in the firm’s litigation and corporate departments.
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