The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) today announced that Lee T. Polk, a prominent employee benefits attorney, has joined the firm as a Member in the Employee Benefits practice in the Chicago office.
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Dickinson Wright PLLC, with offices in Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and Toronto, Ontario and Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A., based in Phoenix, announced today the combination of their law practices. In Arizona the combined firm will operate under the name Dickinson Wright/Mariscal Weeks. The combination is effective January 1, 2013.
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Goldberg Segalla is pleased to announce Robert A. White has joined the law firm as a partner in its Princeton office. Mr. White’s practice focuses on a wide range of litigation matters, including complex commercial, toxic tort, products liability, insurance recovery, environmental, and trade secrets cases.
Tags: Goldberg Segalla LLP | New YorkEdwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that John Yiu has joined the firm as a litigation partner in Hong Kong. With his experience in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, Yiu will significantly enhance Edwards Wildman’s litigation capabilities in Hong Kong and Asia.
Tags: Hong KongEdwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Aileen Meehan is a new partner in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Department, where she brings more than 25 years of experience as a corporate transactional lawyer. Meehan will reside in the firm’s office in New York City.
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Hunton & Williams LLP advised a joint venture of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and Denihan Hospitality Group, which owns six upscale hotels in New York, in its $410 million interest-only, non-recourse secured loan.
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Shearman & Sterling is advising ArcelorMittal in its agreement pursuant to which ArcelorMittal’s wholly owned subsidiary ArcelorMittal Mines Canada (AMMC) and a consortium led by POSCO and China Steel Corporation (CSC) will enter into a joint venture partnership that will own ArcelorMittal’s Labrador Trough iron ore mining and infrastructure assets. The consortium will acquire a 15% interest in the joint venture for total consideration of $1.1 billion in cash, with AMMC and its affiliates retaining an 85% interest. The transaction is subject to various closing conditions, including regulatory clearance by the Taiwanese Government, and is expected to close in two installments in the first and second quarters of 2013.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited (“Concord Medical”) in the acquisition of an indirect interest of 19.98% in The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Proton Therapy Center (the “Proton Therapy Center”). Upon completion of the acquisition, Concord Medical is now the second largest owner of the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center, behind MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the Government of St. Petersburg on its Western High Speed Diameter (WHSD) Toll Road project with the LLC Northern Capital Highway consortium (OJSC Gazprombank and VTB Group), financed by a syndicate of banks comprising VTB Capital Plc, OJSC Gazprombank, Vnesheconombank, EBRD and Eurasian Development Bank. It reached financial close on 20 December 2012.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | MoscowJennett M. Hill, a partner at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, will join Citizens Energy Group to become Vice President and General Counsel, effective February 1, 2013. Her last day at the firm will be December 31, 2012.
