Morgan Lewis announced today that Willard K. Tom has returned to the firm as a partner in the Antitrust Practice after serving as the General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission from 2009 to 2012. Mr. Tom was a partner at Morgan Lewis from 2000 to 2009, and, prior to that, held leadership positions in both federal antitrust agencies during the Clinton Administration.
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPMorgan Lewis represented CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW, a privately-owned universal commercial bank operating in Moscow and the Moscow region, on a $500 million offering of 5-year Eurobonds (the “Notes”) with an interest rate of 7.7% p.a. The bonds were issued by CBOM Finance p.l.c., an Irish special purpose vehicle, for the purpose of funding a $500 million loan to CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW. The offering closed on February 1, 2013. The proceeds of the offering will be used by the bank for general banking purposes.
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | MoscowDiversified financial services firm Cowen Group, Inc. and privately held investment bank Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC announced Friday, February 1, the signing of a definitive agreement under which Cowen will acquire Dahlman Rose. The financial terms of this all-stock transaction were not disclosed. The boards of directors of both companies approved the definitive agreement and the transaction is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.
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Norton Rose is pleased to announce that Jean-Philippe Buteau is joining its Québec office as a partner. Mr. Buteau’s practice encompasses mining law, securities and corporate law. He is particularly knowledgeable about matters affecting the mining industry.
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Cozen O’Connor, among the 100 largest U.S. law firms, announced today that Colin Roskey has joined the Philadelphia and Washington, DC offices as a member of the firm’s Health Care Group and Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies. The latter is a government relations firm with offices in Washington, New York, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Wilmington.
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Shearman & Sterling represented ENCE Energıa y Celulosa, S.A. (“Ence”), a Spanish issuer listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange, in a high yield bond offering of €250 million Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and a revolving credit facility of €90 million. The Notes will be senior secured obligations of Ence and will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by certain of Ence’s subsidiaries.
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Gowlings is pleased to welcome Beryl Green, a leading business and corporate/commercial lawyer, to the firm’s Business Law Group.
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Hughes Hubbard announced today that Jeffrey S. Tenen has joined its Aviation Practice as a partner and Israel I. Sanchez has joined the group as counsel in the firm’s Miami office. Both lawyers were previously shareholders at Greenberg Traurig, P.A. The addition of the aviation duo follows the expansion of the Litigation Department in Miami with partner Rafael Cruz-Alvarez, who joined the office in January.
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Cole Schotz is proud to announce that David Hurst has joined the firm as a member in the Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring practice. David will be resident in both the firm’s New York City and Wilmington, Delaware offices. David has represented numerous public and private companies in out-of-court restructurings, “prepackaged” bankruptcies and traditional chapter 11 cases. He has also represented creditor committees, lenders, secured and unsecured creditors and asset purchasers in a wide variety of bankruptcy and restructuring matters.
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The Firm recently represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers, in a $225 million offering of 6.0% Senior Notes due 2020 by Antero Resources Finance Corporation. The offering of notes was made to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The notes were issued under the issuer’s existing indenture pursuant to which $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.0% Senior Notes due 2020 were issued in November 2012.
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