The Birmingham office of national law firm, Irwin Mitchell, has announced the launch of its banking and finance team with the news that it has appointed three members of staff in addition to new Partner and department head, Jon Bew.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that William T. Heller IV and Harry R. Beaudry have joined the firm as partners in its Corporate & Securities practice in Houston. Previously, Mr. Heller and Mr. Beaudry were partners at Thompson & Knight.
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Laura M. Burson has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Burson joins from Kirkland & Ellis in Los Angeles.
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Baker & McKenzie’s client the Dallas Stars recently announced the successful completion of a $95 million refinancing with a syndicate of banks led by Bank of America and including BBVA/Compass Bank, Comerica and HSBC.
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Sidley Austin LLP acted as primary legal counsel advising Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Starwood Capital Group on their agreement to acquire LNR Property LLC for $1.05 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Starwood Property Trust will acquire LNR’s U.S. and European real estate debt investing and special services businesses, Hatfield Phillips, and Starwood Capital Group will acquire LNR’s commercial property group. Both entities will also acquire a stake in Auction.com, an online provider of commercial and residential transaction management services. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2013.
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Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. in its offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2023. The notes are Brocade’s senior, unsecured obligations, and interest on the notes is payable semi-annually in cash at a rate of 4.625% per annum beginning July 15, 2013. The Company will use the proceeds of the financing, together with cash on hand, to redeem all of its outstanding 6.625% senior secured notes due 2018.
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Partner Sylvia Kierszenbaum, senior associate Willem Van de Wiele and associate Steven De Jonghe have advised the dealers on the establishment of the EUR10 billion Belgian Mortgage Pandbrieven Programme of Belfius Bank.
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Cindy Yang has joined the Schiff Hardin LLP New York office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Group from Dickstein Shapiro LLP in New York.
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Health Care REIT, Inc. has announced that it has completed its acquisition of the Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. property portfolio, the sale of the Sunrise management company, and the acceleration of all planned joint venture partner buy-outs.
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John Sarchio, one of the insurance industry’s leading and most respected lawyers, has joined Holland & Knight as chair of the firm’s Insurance Industry Practice Team. Mr. Sarchio, most recently co-founder and co-head of the Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group at Chadbourne & Parke LLP, brings with him Richard G. Liskov, who joins the firm as a partner. Mr. Sarchio also formerly led the insurance practice at White & Case LLP.
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