Former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Michael F. Johnson has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Corporate, Securities, and Tax Group based in the Greenville office and is an of counsel to the Firm. A former attorney in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, Mr. Johnson will counsel Nelson Mullins’ corporate clients on compliance with securities regulations, including the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. His practice encompasses public and private finance, corporate contracts, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities compliance and regulation, and management and shareholder matters.
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Herbert Smith Freehills announced today that Chinnawat Thongpakdee has joined its Asia dispute resolution practice as a partner.
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Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Bupa Australia Health Pty Ltd on its proposed acquisition of Dental Corporation via a scheme of arrangement.
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Herbert Smith Freehills’ Moscow office has advised Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) and Industrial Investors on the sale of 55% of FESCO’s shares to Summa for US$1.3 billion.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | MoscowUtah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff Joins Troutman Sanders
Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Utah Attorney General Mark L. Shurtleff will join the firm in January 2013.
Tags: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLPArnold & Porter Represents Schwab in $350 Million Offering
Arnold & Porter LLP represented The Charles Schwab Corporation in a $350 million senior notes offering. The senior notes were offered at 0.850% and are due in 2015. The deal was launched on December 3, 2012 and closed on December 6, 2012. This marks the fourth securities deal that Arnold & Porter’s corporate team has done for Schwab in 2012. Schwab’s relationship with the firm dates back to the company’s first IPO in 1987. The firm (first as Howard Rice, now as Arnold & Porter) has advised Schwab on a wide range of securities matters, including the $3.3 billion capital restructuring in 2007 and over $3.3 billion in securities transactions since then.
Tags: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPBB&K Boosts Health Care Law Practice With New Attorney
Jared A. Goldman, a health care attorney and chief counsel for the receiver of the California prison medical system, has joined Best Best & Krieger LLP in Sacramento as a partner in the law firm’s business services practice. More >>
Lawrence Graham Strengthens Singapore with New Trusts Partner
Loeb & Loeb Represents KCET in Merger with Link Media
A team of Loeb & Loeb LLP attorneys represented KCET, the nation’s largest independent public television station, in a merger with Link Media, an independent non-profit media company, to create KCETLink, a new independent public media network.
Tags: Loeb & Loeb LLP | Los AngelesMilbank Represents Underwriters in $400 Million Bond Offering by Scotiabank Peru
In its latest capital markets transaction in Latin America’s banking sector, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has represented a group of major investment firms in their role as initial purchasers of a 400 million offering by Peru’s third-largest bank, Scotiabank Peru SAA.
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