Sidley Austin LLP announced today that William A. McConagha has joined the firm in its Washington, D.C. office as a partner in its Food, Drug and Medical Device Compliance and Enforcement and Food, Drug and Medical Device Regulatory practices. Mr. McConagha joins Sidley from the U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA). Most recently, he has been on detail from the FDA acting as the Health Policy Advisor to the Chairs of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
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Covington & Burling is advising Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de C.V., and its affiliate Afore XXI Banorte, S.A. de C.V., in a $1.6-billion acquisition of Afore Bancomer, S.A. de C.V. from the Spanish bank, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., which would create Mexico’s largest pension fund.
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Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP, is pleased to announce the addition of commercial transactions partner Scott J. Conrad in the firm’s Dallas office.
Tags: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP | DallasMark T. Carberry, who represents financial services entities and employees in a slate of civil, regulatory and enforcement matters in actions across the country, has rejoined Neal Gerber Eisenberg as a partner in its Securities & Commodities Litigation Practice Group.
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has acted in connection with three more Hong Kong IPO transactions, advising the underwriters on global offerings by Tsui Wah Holdings Limited (“Tsui Wah”), Casablanca Group Limited (“Casablanca”) and Future Land Development Holdings Limited (“Future Land”), and the related listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arranger, in connection with a $150,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility for Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkChadbourne & Parke LLP represented Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Funds III and IV (collectively “Southern Cross”) and certain of their affiliates, in connection with their proposed investment of $220 million in Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited (“Ultrapetrol”) (NASDAQ: ULTR), an industrial transportation company serving marine transportation needs in three markets (River Business, Offshore Supply Business and Ocean Business).
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Ice Miller LLP is pleased to announce that Natalie Perry has joined the DuPage, Ill. Office as a partner in the Firm’s Trusts and Estates group. She concentrates her practice in estate, gift and income tax planning for high net worth families and owners of closely held businesses.
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