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 Advises Bupa Australia on Proposed Acquisition of Dental Corporation
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.
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Utah 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.
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Arnold & 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.
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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.
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Milbank 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.
Tags: Milbank LLP | New YorkMilbank Advises ProSiebenSat.1 on Sale of TV and Radio Operations in Northern Europe
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group has agreed to sell its TV and radio operations in Northern Europe (Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark) to Discovery Networks International Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Discovery Communications; Inc. A respective sale and purchase agreement was signed on 14th December 2012. The transaction is subject to merger control clearance and is expected to be consummated in the first quarter of 2013. The production business of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group in Northern Europe (Red Arrow Entertainment Group) is not included in the transaction.
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