Claire Loebs Davis has joined the Seattle office as a shareholder in the Securities Litigation Practice. Davis joins Lane Powell from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises on $2.25 Billion Bond Offering by The Royal Bank of Scotland
Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters (led by RBS Securities Inc.) in connection with a global offering by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc of $2.25 billion of 6.125% Subordinated Tier 2 Notes due 2022.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Advises on Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.’s $100 Million Senior Secured Notes Issuance and Consent Solicitation
Shearman & Sterling represented the initial purchasers led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in connection with Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.’s offering of $100 million of its 8.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2019. The Notes are secured by mortgages on seven hospitals in California and Texas, as well as substantially all of the other assets of Prospect and its subsidiaries.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLPShearman & Sterling Advises on Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul’s US$275 Million Notes Offering
Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, Banco Bradesco BBI S.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, which acted as joint bookrunners in connection with Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul’s debt offering of US$275 million 7.375% Subordinated Notes due 2022.
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Jackson Lewis Adds Two Attorneys in Portland
Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce the addition of two attorneys to its growing Portland office. Sarah J. Ryan and Yael A. Livny, formerly with Ball Janik LLP, have joined the firm as Partner and Associate, respectively.
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DAC Beachcroft Appoints Barry Reynolds as Employment Partner
DAC Beachcroft Dublin, the legal firm that specialises in insurance, professional indemnity and personal injury litigation, healthcare & clinical risk and commercial litigation, has appointed Barry Reynolds as Employment Partner with immediate effect.
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K&L Gates, Australia’s Middletons to Combine
The partners of global law firm K&L Gates LLP and Australian national firm Middletons have voted unanimously to combine firms effective January 1, 2013. The addition of Middletons’ 300 lawyers and four offices — in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane — extends K&L Gates’ global reach to more than 2,000 lawyers in 46 offices across five continents. The combined firm will employ the K&L Gates name.
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New Partner With China, Europe and North American Experience Joins Bryan Cave’s Shanghai Office
Bryan Cave LLP announced today that Ming Zu has joined the firm’s Shanghai office as a partner.
Tags: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | ShanghaiShearman & Sterling Advises on Future Land’s $265 Million Hong Kong IPO
Shearman & Sterling advised Future Land Development Holdings Limited (“Future Land”), a Chinese real estate developer, in connection with the HK$2.06 billion ($265 million) primary listing and global offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Akin Gump Advises AF Telecom In Relation To $1.7 Billion MegaFon IPO
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has advised AF Telecom, as the majority shareholder in OAO MegaFon, in relation to MegaFon’s initial public offering (IPO) listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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