Fragomen, the world’s leading firm exclusively devoted to counseling corporate clients on global immigration law, has further expanded its global presence with the opening of new offices in Switzerland, Mexico and Brazil. Fragomen now has a total of 42 offices around the world.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Morgan Stanley and BNP Paribas as the joint global coordinators, together with CICC, Standard Chartered, CCBI and HSBC as the joint bookrunners in Chinalco Mining Corporation International’s (“Chinalco Mining”) US$398 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Subject to the joint global coordinators exercising the over-allotment option, the deal size may be increased to up to approximately US$458 million.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongStevens & Lee announced today that Zdzislaw “Zee” Wieckowski has joined the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Capital Markets practice and will reside in its New York City office.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that it is representing Sinochem Petroleum USA LLC, a US subsidiary of the Beijing-based Sinochem Group, on a $1.7 billion transaction to purchase a 40% undivided interest in approximately 207,000 net oil and natural gas leasehold acres held by Pioneer Natural Resources Company in the highly prospective horizontal Wolfcamp shale play within the Spraberry Trend of the Midland Basin in west Texas. Under the agreement, Sinochem will acquire approximately 82,800 net acres of leasehold with development rights for all the horizontal Wolfcamp shale play and deeper horizons.
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Rajah & Tann has expanded its regional footprint to Myanmar and Cambodia by integrating two local and well-established law firms in a move that enhances the reach of its network in the emerging markets of Asia and its access to lawyers who are able to practise local law.
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The firm has opened an office in Paris, France, the firm’s fifth European office. The five-lawyer Paris office will focus on international arbitration.
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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, announces the addition of Terrence O. Davis to the Firm’s Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D.C. offices.
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Ariel Ramos has joined the Haynes and Boone, LLP Mexico City office as a partner in the firm’s Finance Practice Group. With the addition of Ramos, the firm illustrates its ongoing commitment to elevate and grow the existing robust talent in Mexico City.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the Joint Lead Managers of Westpac Banking Corporation’s (Westpac) offer of a new Tier 1 hybrid security known as Westpac Capital Notes, which are fully paid, non-cumulative, convertible, transferable, redeemable, subordinated, perpetual, unsecured notes issued by Westpac. The offer is to raise $500 million, with the ability to raise more or less.
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