Bennett Jones is pleased to announce that Conrad Druzeta has joined the Capital Markets Group as a Partner in our Toronto office.
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Crowe & Dunlevy Hires Director in Tulsa
Crowe & Dunlevy law firm recently announced the addition of Mark A. Craige as a director in the firm’s Tulsa office. Craige will focus his practice on bankruptcy, insolvency and creditor’s rights.
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Eversheds Closes the Loop on £321m M25 Contract
Global law firm Eversheds has advised the Highways Agency on amendments to the M25 Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) Contract, helping to secure improvements for the UK motorway valued at £321m.
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Morgan Lewis Expands Business and Finance Capabilities to Orange County, Continues Southern California Expansion
Morgan Lewis announced today that a group of lawyers led by partners Ellen S. Bancroft and Bryan S. Gadol have joined the firm in its Business and Finance Practice, resident in the firm’s Irvine office. Their arrival extends the firm’s corporate capabilities to Orange County, and continues the firm’s growth there, following the arrivals of Collie James in 2012 and Robert Gooding and Scott Garner in 2011. Ms. Bancroft and Mr. Gadol most recently served as partners at another AmLaw 100 firm, with Ms. Bancroft leading that firm’s California Corporate Group. Joining them is of counsel Joo Ryung Kang, a seasoned corporate lawyer who has been practicing with Ms. Bancroft and Mr. Gadol for years.
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Greenberg Traurig Expands Its San Francisco Office with the Addition of Prominent White Collar Litigation Attorney Carolyn F. McNiven
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Carolyn F. McNiven has joined as a shareholder in the Litigation practice in San Francisco. She focuses her practice on white collar defense matters, representing multi-million dollar public companies, private companies, as well as individuals.
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Davis Polk – Automotores Gildemeister $300 Million High-Yield Senior Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole book-running manager on a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% senior notes due 2023 of Automotores Gildemeister S.A. (Gildemeister).
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Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 2.85% notes due 2023, $1.7 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.25% notes due 2033 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% notes due 2043. The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., RBS Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Silicon ValleyDavis Polk – Royal Bank of Canada $1.25 Billion Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised RBC Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.5% senior notes due 2018 under its $25 billion medium-term notes program.
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K&L Gates Welcomes Portland Corporate Partner
The Portland office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Tae Rhee as a partner in the corporate practice. Most recently, Rhee served as executive vice president and general counsel with 20/20 Communications, Inc., in Dallas, Texas.
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Jackson Walker Represents Prophet Equity in Its Acquisition of Hatch Stamping Company
Jackson Walker successfully represented Prophet Equity LP, a $300 million Texas-based private equity firm, in the acquisition of Hatch Stamping Company and its affiliated entities in a series of five acquisition transactions and two lending transactions. The deals were all closed on December 20, 2012.
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