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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Davis Polk Advises Groupe du Louvre in Connection with the Sale of Four French Luxury Hotels to the Constellation Group
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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Top Trial Lawyer J. Allen Maines Joins Holland & Knight in Atlanta
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 Charlotte Hires Partner Jack Cobb
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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King & Wood Mallesons Advises on Cross-border Wind Farm Acquisition
King & Wood Mallesons has advised Guohua Energy Investment Co. (Guohua) on its acquisition of a 75 percent stake in Hydro Tasmania’s 168-megawatt Musselroe wind farm project.
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Jackson Lewis Adds Seasoned Litigator in Los Angeles
Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Leila Nourani has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as Partner. Ms. Nourani joins Jackson Lewis from Foley & Lardner LLP, where she served as Chair of the Los Angeles office’s Litigation Department from 2008 to 2011.
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Gary Grindler Rejoins King & Spalding
Gary G. Grindler, the former acting deputy attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice, the agency’s second highest-ranking official, and chief of staff to Attorney General Eric Holder, has rejoined King & Spalding as a partner in the special matters and government investigations practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Grindler was a partner at King & Spalding from 2000 to 2009, when he left to join the Justice Department. He will focus on financial fraud, health care, international and congressional investigations and False Claims Act cases.
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David B. Weisblat Joins Troutman Sanders’ Washington, D.C. Office
The law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner David B. Weisblat to its tax group in Washington, D.C.
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Magnusson Expands to Germany with Berlin Office Launch
Greenberg Traurig Expands Its Public Finance Practice with the Return of Noted Bond Lawyer Albert A. Del Castillo
Albert A. del Castillo has returned to the Miami office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the firm’s national Public Finance Practice. In this role, del Castillo will continue to focus his practice on public finance, project and infrastructure finance, economic development and local government, as he has during the past 28 years. Prior to rejoining Greenberg Traurig, del Castillo worked 19 years as a partner at Squire Sanders, where he served as the Florida regional coordinator helping to lead the firm’s statewide practice.
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