Benesch is pleased to announce that Richard Grams has joined Benesch as Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Shanghai office. He will be practicing in the firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group and will serve as Co-Chair of the China Practice.
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International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, led by Global Securities partners Rod Miller and Paul Denaro, acted as counsel to the initial purchasers, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Royal Bank of Canada and Deutsche Bank, in the issuance of $450 million 7% Senior Notes due 2021. The proceeds of the notes, together with a new $835 million credit facility and an equity contribution, were used to finance Bain Capital’s $1.55 billion acquisition of Apex Tool Group.
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The law firm of Sherman & Howard, one of the oldest and most successful law firms in the Rocky Mountain region, today announced it is expanding to the Southeast with a new office in Atlanta. The office will be led by attorney John F. Wymer III, a nationally recognized expert in Labor & Employment law.
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Alejandro García Villalpando has joined Akerman Senterfitt as a shareholder in the firm’s Taxation Practice Group in New York where he will focus on domestic and international tax and corporate matters. His work for U.S. and foreign clients will largely intersect with Akerman’s Latin American & Caribbean Practice, with an emphasis on the tax aspects of cross-border transactions.
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The Labor and Employment Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP has continued to expand its Orange County-based talent with the addition of Tamara Devitt as a partner.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Equinox, an operator of full-service, upscale sports and fitness clubs, in an $800 million refinancing.
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On January 31, 2013, Groupe du Louvre, SAS, a subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group, sold four French luxury hotels to the Constellation Group: the Concorde La Fayette (950 rooms) and Hôtel du Louvre (177 rooms) in Paris, the Hôtel Martinez (409 rooms) in Cannes and the Palais de la Méditerranée (188 rooms) in Nice.
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Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that J. Allen Maines has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as a partner in its Litigation Practice Group. His arrival continues the strategic expansion of the firm’s Atlanta office and its litigation practice. Mr. Maines concentrates on major commercial litigation and has served as lead trial counsel to some of the world’s largest entities in controversies of major significance. He joins the firm from Paul Hastings, where he held a variety of leadership positions and is a former co-chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Department.
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Winston & Strawn LLP today announced Jack Cobb has joined the Charlotte office as partner in the firm’s litigation department. Mr. Cobb’s practice has most recently focused on litigation in financial services and other complex commercial matters with McGuireWoods and Helms Mullis & Wicker. He also served as senior counsel to the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee from 2005-2006.
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