The Ajamie legal team designed and negotiated a global resolution of multi-jurisdictional disputes in the United States and Mexico involving over 35 corporate entities and individuals and 40 civil proceedings in federal and state court in the U.S., in federal and state court in Mexico, and in civil arbitration proceedings before CANACO in Mexico.
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Leading global law firms Mayer Brown and Herbert Smith Freehils have advised London-based Ecofin Energy Resources PLC (Ecofin) on its merger with ASX listed Amadeus Energy Limited to create a leading ASX listed mid-cap oil & gas company worth US $200million.
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Building on the momentum created by several recent lateral hires, Cooley LLP announced today that leading Intellectual Property lawyers Walter Hanchuk and John Kheit have joined the firm as partners in its New York office. Walter and John were partners at Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York, where Hanchuk was chair of Chadbourne’s IP practice and Kheit led the firm’s Mobile Technology practice. Hanchuk joins Cooley’s national IP group as chair of the firm’s New York IP practice and will be driving the strategic growth of the firm’s IP practice in New York.
Tags: Cooley LLP | New YorkEdwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Edwin M. Larkin, a highly accomplished commercial litigator and a leading authority on electronic discovery, is a new partner in the Litigation Department. Larkin will base his practice in the firm’s New York City office.
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Duane Morris & Selvam LLP is pleased to announce that Jamie Benson and James Wong have joined its Singaporeoffice. The addition of Benson, a Director, and Wong, a Special Counsel, grow the capacity of the corporate practice in Singapore. Benson joins from Dorsey & Whitney (Europe) LLP in London. Wong joins from Crescent Advisors in Singapore.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited (BEN) on its issue of Convertible Preference Shares (CPS) and concurrent Reset Preference Share Reinvestment Offer, which completed yesterday and raised approximately $269 million. CPS are fully paid convertible preference shares issued by BEN.
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Reed Smith LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced the addition of Salvatore G. Rotella, Jr., as a partner in its Life Sciences Health Industry (LSHI) group resident in the firm’s Philadelphia office.
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Sarah Turner has joined our Perth office as a Corporate Advisory partner. She joins Gilbert + Tobin from King & Wood Mallesons. Her expertise covers a broad range of matters, including securities, takeovers, schemes of arrangement, share acquisitions and general corporate advisory and governance work.
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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in connection with the registered public offering by Oracle Corporation of $5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes issued in equal $2.5 billion tranches of 1.200% senior notes due 2017 and 2.500% senior notes due 2022.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPSimpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and UBS Securities LLC in connection with the initial public offering of Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (the “Fund”). The offering raised approximately $276 million, assuming full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.
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