The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomes Kendyl Hanks to the Austin office as a shareholder in the Litigation Practice.
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Chadbourne Expands Its Private Funds Practice Group Team in New York
IP Partner James W. Soong Joins Sheppard Mullin Palo Alto
James W. Soong has joined the Palo Alto office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, joining from Greenberg Traurig.
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Weil Advises CCMP and Milacron in Acquisition of Mold-Masters
Weil advised CCMP Capital Advisors and its portfolio company Milacron, a global plastics industry leader, in connection with Milacron’s acquisition of Mold-Masters, a leading global hot-runner manufacturer, from private equity firm 3i Group and other shareholders. Under the terms of the transaction, Milacron will acquire 100% of Mold-Masters for an enterprise value of C$975 million.
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP | New YorkWeil Represents PHN on Its IPO
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP represented Polski Holding Nieruchomosci (PHN), a state-owned holding which is one of the largest (in terms of the market value of its real estate portfolio) owners and managers of commercial and residential real estate properties in Poland, as legal counsel on matters of Polish, UK, and US law in relation to its IPO. The IPO was addressed to individual and institutional Polish investors as well as certain foreign institutional investors, including qualified institutional buyers in the United States. The IPO was valued at PLN 238.6 million. Today the shares were introduced to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). This is the first IPO and listing on the WSE in 2013. The State Treasury of the Republic of Poland sold 25% of the Company’s existing share capital.
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Key EPA Civil Enforcement Director Joins McGuireWoods
McGuireWoods today announced that Bernadette Rappold, who was most recently the director of the Special Litigation and Projects Division in the Office of Civil Enforcement at the Environmental Protection Agency, has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, where she will become part of the firm’s growing energy and environmental practice.
Tags: McGuireWoods LLPNovak Druce Adds Attorney Marcus T. Hall
Continuing with its plan for strategic growth, Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP, the IP super boutique, announced that attorney Marcus T. Hall has joined the firm as a partner. He will practice out of the firm’s San Francisco and Los Angeles offices where he will focus on intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation.
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Sutherland State and Local Tax Practice Adds COST Vice President/General Counsel and Three Associates
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announces that Todd A. Lard is rejoining the firm as a partner in the State and Local Tax (SALT) Practice, and Todd G. Betor, Sahang-Hee Hahn and Saabir S. Kapoor are joining the SALT team as associates.
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Milbank Advises on Securities Offerings and Financings Totaling $1.6 Billion
Completing an active two-week run of major corporate finance and capital markets activity, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised on transactions totaling approximately $1.6 billion for its financial institution clients. Included were two large high-yield offerings, an investment grade offering, and a concurrent leveraged loan transaction.
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Simpson Thacher Represents JPMorgan Chase & Co. in $850 Million Preferred Stock Offering
The Firm represented JPMorgan Chase & Co. in connection with a public offering of 34,000,000 Depositary Shares, equivalent to $850 million in aggregate amount, each Depositary Share representing a 1/400th interest in a share of perpetual 5.45% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series P, of JPMorgan Chase & Co. The underwriters have the right to purchase up to an additional 5,100,000 Depositary Shares at the public offering price within 30 days. The offering closed on February 5, 2013.
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