Sullivan & Worcester LLP is pleased to announce the launch of a London office with the recruitment of high-profile trade finance partner Geoffrey Wynne. Mr. Wynne, currently head of trade and export finance at SNR Denton, is one of the world’s leading trade finance lawyers.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented joint book-running managers and lead arrangers, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets, CIT Group, OneWest Bank and U.S. Bank National Association, in connection with the financing of the acquisition of majority equity interest of Planet Fitness Holdings, LLC by TSG Consumer Partners, LLC. The financing consists of a $190.0 million term loan facility and $40.0 million revolving facility. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. served as the administrative agent. BMO Capital Markets, CIT Group, OneWest Bank and U.S. Bank National Association also acted as co-syndication agents.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkEdwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Rafael Perez, whose practice focuses on public finance for financial institutions, corporations and state agencies, has joined the firm as a partner in the Public Finance Department. Perez will reside in the firm’s growing office in Madison, New Jersey.
Mayer Brown JSM has advised CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (CITIC Telecom, stock code: 1883), a leading international telecoms services provider in Asia, on the acquisition of a 79 percent stake in Companhia de Telecomunicacoes de Macau, S.A.R.L. (CTM) from UK-based Cable & Wireless Communications PLC, and Portugal Telecom.
Tags: Mayer Brown LLP | Hong KongMayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Hanergy Holding Group Limited, the largest privately-owned clean energy developer in China, on the acquisition of Silicon Valley-based MiaSolé, a high-tech company that designs and manufactures solar photovoltaic cells and modules to convert sunlight into electricity.
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Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Shelley Ericsson as a partner in its Kansas City office. Ericsson focuses her practice on labor and employment legal issues.
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George R. Pitts, one of Washington, DC’s most prominent bankruptcy law practitioners, has joined Wiley Rein LLP as a partner in its Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Practice. For more than 25 years, Mr. Pitts has handled complex insolvency cases and commercial litigation in courts throughout the United States. Over his distinguished career, he has represented numerous financial institutions in connection with a wide range of difficult matters, including multiple jury and bench trials.
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Akerman Senterfitt recently represented AutoNation, the largest vehicle retailer in the United States, in the acquisition of six automobile dealerships in Texas with about $575 million in annual sales in one of the largest acquisitions of U.S. dealerships in a decade.
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Herbert Smith Freehills is advising new client Energy Capital Partners, a US private equity firm with a focus on investing in energy and energy infrastructure sectors, on its US$1.1 billion acquisition of EnergySolutions Inc. The transaction was signed on 7 January 2013.
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Stites & Harbison, PLLC, is pleased to announce that attorney Eric J. Breithaupt has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as a member of the firm.
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