Global law firm Proskauer served as counsel to private-equity fund RRJ Capital Ltd. in its investment in a medical diagnostics company in China. The target makes testing kits for diseases, including hepatitis and cervical and lung cancer, using molecular diagnostics, an area of preventative medicine that Beijing is keen to develop.
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Cooley LLP announced that it advised Method Products in its sale to Ecover. The sale creates the world’s largest green cleaning company. Method, based in San Francisco, is the leader in premium planet-friendly and design-driven home, fabric and personal care products. Ecover is a European-based, company that manufactures eco-friendly cleaning products.
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Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire from BP Exploration & Production Inc. and BP America Production Company (“BP”) all of their interests in certain deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas properties for $5.55 billion, as detailed in the press release below issued by PXP.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Emmanuel Ringeval as a partner in the finance practice. He will join a team specializing in leveraged lending.
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Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of Brian S. Fleetham as a Member in the firm’s Grand Rapids office.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised Canaccord Genuity Limited in connection with its role as nominated adviser and broker to Eland Oil & Gas PLC as the company joined AIM in the largest flotation of an oil and gas company on the market (by monies raised) in the last five years.
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King & Wood Mallesons has advised long-term client Glencore on two strategic transactions, including its life-of-mine off-take agreement and provision of a financing facility to Straits Resources Limited (Straits) which was announced last week.
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Ayesha Hasan has joined the London office of international law firm Locke Lord as a Partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner. She has significant experience in real estate investment and finance work and in recent years has specialised in insolvency/restructuring work for her clients, which is an important and growing practice area in the Firm’s London office.
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Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that Bernard Dalex has joined as a Partner with the firm’s Tax group in Paris.
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