Hogan Lovells Advises on £125m Industry First

Hogan Lovells advised The M&G Secured Property Income Fund and Allen & Overy advised Genesis Housing Association on the sale and 35 year operating leaseback of 401 residential apartments in Stratford for approximately £125 million. This transaction marks the first sale of this kind and on this scale by a housing association to a private investment fund. The transaction completed on 8 January 2012.

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New Silicon Valley Office for Duane Morris

In a move to greatly strengthen its IP practice and better serve its clients, international law firm Duane Morris has opened a new office in Palo Alto.  The technology center was a logical step for the firm’s growing intellectual property litigation practice group.

The office will be managed by partner Karineh Khachatourian, who was recruited from K&L Gates.  She brings along one additional associate attorney to the firm, Patrick Salceda.  The pair bring stong experience in all manner of IP litigation work, including patents, trade secrets, trademarks, licensing, and enforcement.  They primarily serve clients in the software and video gaming industry so prominent in Silicon Valley.

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Gardere Welcomes Skilled Environmental Partner Scott Deatherage in Dallas

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Scott D. Deatherage as a partner in the Firm’s Dallas office. Mr. Deatherage focuses his practice on environmental, energy and greenhouse gas regulatory matters. In addition to providing permitting, compliance and litigation services, he counsels clients — specifically those in the oil and gas, pipeline, mining and manufacturing industries — on a wide array of environmental issues in connection with transactions, including mergers and acquisitions.

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McDermott Strengthens New York Corporate Practice

McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced that corporate lawyer Robert H. Cohen has joined as a partner based in the Firm’s New York office. Mr. Cohen, who joins from an Am Law 10 law firm, has nearly 30 years of experience representing issuers and underwriters in a broad range of corporate, M&A and financing transactions.

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Locke Lord Welcomes Partner Michael Kushner in New York as Member of Employee Benefits Section of Tax Practice Group

Michael Kushner has joined Locke Lord’s New York office as a Partner in the Tax practice, bringing with him more than 25 years of experience in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Employee Benefits and federal tax law matters. His practice encompasses a wide range of clients and issues, both domestic and international.

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Haynes and Boone Represents Citigroup in $1.3B New Notes and $124M Unsecured Exchange Offer for EFH and EFIH

A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers, working with attorneys from Shearman & Sterling LLP, assisted Citigroup and Goldman Sachs on state regulatory and environmental aspects of two exchange offers for Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH) and Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company (EFIH) for $1.3 Billion in New Notes and an Unsecured Exchange Offer for $124 Million.

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