On December 21, Willkie client Aviva plc announced that it has agreed to sell Aviva USA Corporation, its U.S. life and annuities business and related asset management operations (Aviva USA), to Athene Holding Ltd for $1.8 billion. The sale was the largest M&A transaction in the life insurance industry in 2012.
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Pryor Cashman LLP is pleased to announce that Avram E. Morell, former special immigration counsel at Proskauer Rose LLP, has joined the firm as a partner in the Immigration Group in New York. Morell brings with him associate Michael Cruse and paralegal Mary Jo Bradley.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Lotte Chemical Corporation (“Lotte”), a member company of the Lotte Group and previously known as Honam Petrochemical, in a significant trade secrets litigation victory in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Silicon ValleyPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Sterling Organization, a privately owned retail real estate investment and services company headquartered in Palm Beach, FL , in forming its first fund, Sterling Value Add Partners, LP, which has received total capital commitments of $138 million, exceeding their target of $125 million.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented the lead arrangers RBC Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC in connection with the financing for the completion of Gulf Oil Corporation Limited’s $1.1 billion acquisition of HII Holding Corporation.
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Bracewell is representing Evercore Partners, advisor to the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the general partner of Rose Rock Midstream, L.P., regarding Rose Rock Midstream’s acquisition of a 33.3% interest in SemCrude Pipeline, L.L.C. – which owns 51% of the White Cliffs Pipeline – from SemGroup Corporation for $273.9 million.
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National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, welcomes attorney Thomas Eden as a partner in its new West Point, Georgia office. He will also maintain office space in Opelika, Alabama. Eden concentrates his practice in a full range of labor and employment law litigation defense and management counseling as well as immigration compliance and training. Eden began his career with Constangy in the Atlanta office before going on to establish his practice in the Birmingham area, and he later returned to his hometown in Auburn to grow his East Alabama/West Georgia labor and employment law practice.
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McCarthy Tétrault LLP is honoured to announce that Mr. Jean Charest, Premier of Québec from 2003 to 2012 and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, has joined the firm as a Partner in its Business Law Group. Mr. Charest, who will be based in Montréal, brings invaluable expertise to the firm’s clients with his in-depth knowledge and experience with public policy, corporate Canada and international matters.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has recently advised China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited (“China Agri”), a leading agribusiness and food processing company in China, in relations to an approximately HK$4.1 billion (approximately US$526 million) rights issue.
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