Steptoe & Johnson has expanded its presence in the Utica shale with the opening of a new office in Canton, Ohio. The Canton office is the firm’s second Ohio location – along with an office in Columbus – and its twelfth overall.
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Warner Norcross Opens New Office to Serve Great Lakes Bay Region
To better serve the needs of clients in the Great Lakes Bay Region, the law firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP will open a new office in Midland in the first quarter of 2013.
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Margaret Hopson Joins Strasburger’s International Practice
Strasburger & Price, LLP (Strasburger) is pleased to welcome Margaret Jones Hopson to its San Antonio office.
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Freshfields Advises Heathrow Airport Holdings on Sale of Stansted Airport
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited on an agreement to sell its 100% interest in Stansted Airport Limited to Manchester Airports Group for £1.5bn. The transaction is expected to close by the end of February 2013.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Follow on Offerings of Common Stock of Solar Capital Ltd. and Solar Senior Capital Ltd.
The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in connection with registered public offerings of 6,000,000 shares of common stock of Solar Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLRC) and 2,000,000 shares of common stock of Solar Senior Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ:SUNS). The gross proceeds from the offering to SLRC were $140,910,000 and to SUNS were $37,200,000.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents TPC Group Inc. in Senior Secured Notes Offering
Simpson Thacher represented TPC Group Inc. (“TPC”) in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of additional 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020. The deal closed on January 22, 2013. TPC used the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including for certain strategic capital projects.
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Paul, Weiss Welcomes Former General Counsel of the Department of Defense Back to Private Practice
Jeh Charles Johnson, the former General Counsel of the Department of Defense, has resumed the private practice of law as a partner in Paul, Weiss’s litigation department, resident in Washington, D.C.
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Mayer Brown Strengthens Tax Transactions & Consulting Practice in NY with Addition of Mark Leeds as Partner
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that noted capital markets tax attorney Mark H. Leeds has joined the firm in New York as a partner in the Tax Transactions & Consulting practice. Previously, he was a shareholder in the New York office of Greenberg Traurig.
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Cornelius (“Neil”) R. O’Brien Joins Troutman Sanders’ Richmond Office
The law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner Cornelius (“Neil”) R. O’Brien to its multifamily housing group in Richmond.
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Stamford Law is advising Catalist-listed Cedar Strategic Holdings Ltd (formerly known as China Titanium Ltd.) on a reverse takeover of Trechance Holdings Limited. The consideration for the transaction will be at least S$1 billion, and is subject to the entry into of definitive agreements.
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