Dykema today announced that Jonathan S. Feld has joined as a member in its Business Litigation practice group. Feld will be resident in the Firm’s Chicago office, but will spend considerable time in Dykema’s Washington, D.C. office. Prior to joining Dykema, Feld was a partner with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
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International law firm Taylor Wessing has announced the addition of two new partners to its Private Equity team.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Franshion Properties (China) Limited (“Franshion Properties”), a Hong Kong-listed PRC property company and subsidiary of state-owned Sinochem Corporation, on its US$500 million U.S. bond offering. The Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities and Standard Chartered Bank were the joint lead managers on the deal.
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International law firm Clyde & Co LLP has advised the Varkey Group on the sale of its stake in Emirates Healthcare Holdings to Mediclinic International, an international private hospital group listed on the JSE.
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Linklaters has advised the Republic of Slovenia on its US$2.25bn sovereign bond issue. The bonds are being issued today, Friday 26 October 2012.
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Covington & Burling has tapped Dan Bryant, most recently senior vice president of global public policy and government affairs at PepsiCo and previously assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice, to head the firm’s Public Policy and Government Affairs practice.
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Shearman & Sterling advised Société Générale on its definitive agreement to sell its entire 99.08% stake in its Greek subsidiary, Geniki Bank, to Piraeus Bank. Specifically, the agreement provides for the sale by Société Générale of a 99.08% stake in Geniki’s share capital, representing 100% of Société Générale’s interest, including Société Générale’s advances in capital.
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Ian McKenna, a leading Insurance and Reinsurance lawyer with more than two decades of experience, has joined the London office of international law firm Locke Lord. McKenna’s global insurance experience and perspective will strengthen and diversify the Firm’s already powerful insurance industry base, both in the UK and around the world.
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Morgan Lewis today announced that a team of white collar attorneys, led by former acting U.S. Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General George J. Terwilliger III, will join the firm’s Litigation Practice, resident in Washington, D.C. Joining as partners, along with Mr. Terwilliger, are Daniel Levin, Matthew Miner, and Robert J. Bittman-all white collar investigations and litigation practitioners with significant prior government experience.
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPShearman & Sterling represented Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., BB Securities Ltd, and Banco BTG Pactual S.A.-Cayman Branch as initial purchasers in connection with the offering of US $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount, issued in a 144A/Reg S offering, of 8.25% Senior Notes due 2019 of OAS Investments GmbH and guaranteed by its parent company OAS S.A. and OAS S.A.’s wholly owned subsidiaries Construtora OAS Ltda. and OAS Investimentos S.A.
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