Jackson Lewis Grows Attorney Ranks in Baltimore

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce the addition of three attorneys to its growing Baltimore office. Laura A. Pierson-Scheinberg and Louis J. Cannon, Jr., formerly with Miles & Stockbridge P.C., have joined the firm as Partner and Associate, respectively, and Melanie L. Glickson, formerly with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, will join as Of Counsel. With its January 2012 addition of Stephen M. Silvestri, also formerly with Miles & Stockbridge, the firm’s Baltimore office has more than doubled in size since opening in January 2010 with a group of nine attorneys from DLA Piper.

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New Derivatives Partner Joins CMS

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

CMS has appointed derivatives expert Nigel Dickinson from Allen & Overy to further strengthen its Financial Services and Products team.

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Paul Hastings Advises BAML in Financing for Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.’s Acquisition of Mississippian Lime Oil Properties

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Bank of America Merrill Lynch as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in connection with the $600 million in financing for independent exploration and producer, Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.’s (NYSE: MPO) acquisition of Mississippian Lime oil properties in Oklahoma and Kansas from Eagle Energy Production, LLC, an independent energy business engaged in exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas.

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Davis Polk – GT Advanced Technologies Inc. $220 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering and Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant Transactions

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Davis Polk advised UBS Investment Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (GTAT) of an aggregate principal amount of $220 million of 3% convertible senior notes due 2017, which included $15 million aggregate principal of notes from the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional notes. In addition, Davis Polk advised certain financial institutions, including several affiliates of the underwriters, as counterparties to convertible note hedge and warrant transactions with GTAT in connection with the convertible senior notes offering.

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Cravath – DJO Finance’s Senior Secured and Senior Debt Offering

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Cravath represented the initial purchasers, Credit Suisse, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS Investment Bank, Wells Fargo Securities, RBC Capital Markets, Macquarie Capital and Nataxis, in connection with the US$540 million second-priority senior secured and senior debt offering of DJO Finance LLC and DJO Finance Corporation. DJO Finance is a global developer, manufacturer and distributor of high-quality medical devices that provide solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management. The transaction closed on October 1, 2012.

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Senior Public Law Specialist Joins Latham & Watkins in Germany

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Dr. Jörn Kassow has joined the firm’s Hamburg office. Kassow has extensive experience practicing in the area of public planning, building and environmental law. He is a leading public law specialist with deep knowledge in a number of business sectors and across a wide range of administrative proceedings.

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