International law firm Eversheds has advised Jerrold Holdings Limited, the secured lender to the residential and commercial property sectors, on arranging a £640m three-year banking facility to contribute towards funding its existing business and to provide a platform for its future growth.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has represented state-owned Qatar Petroleum on a JPY 85 billion (approximately US$1 billion) Samurai bond offering in Japan. This bond is Qatar Petroleum’s first ever Japanese yen bond offering and it is the first yen bond offering by a Qatari entity.
Tags: White & Case LLP | TokyoGlobal law firm White & Case has bolstered its global Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) practice with the addition of Darragh Byrne as partner in the Firm’s Stockholm office.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing LA Fitness in the acquisition of assets relating to all of the Urban Active Fitness clubs in seven states. The transaction remains subject to various closing conditions
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International law firm, Berwin Leighton Paisner, is pleased to announce that it has opened an office in Dubai, its second in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The new office, working closely with the Abu Dhabi office, provides clients with a comprehensive range of legal services for the real estate sector. The Dubai office marks the next step in BLP’s regional strategy and demonstrates the firm’s commitment to the UAE.
Tags: Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP | DubaiThe law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Charles R. Berman, who has more than three decades of experience in commercial lending, regulatory and corporate work, including mergers and acquisitions, and Timothy A. Kalas, whose practice focuses on all aspects of commercial lending and transactional real estate, have joined the firm as partners in its Business Law Department. The new partners will base their practice in the firm’s growing office in Madison, New Jersey.
Ashurst acted for Fajr Capital Limited on its acquisition of Dubai International Capital’s stake in the MENA Infrastructure Fund, making it a co-sponsor in the GP alongside HSBC Bank Middle East and Abu Dhabi-based Waha Capital, as well as an LP alongside other regional and international investors.
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Hunton & Williams LLP announces Ronald L. Rubin, an enforcement attorney at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has joined the firm as a partner in Washington. He will be part of the firm’s 30-member bankruptcy and creditors’ rights team.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP has added four lawyers to its growing Washington, D.C. office. The team joins the firm’s nationally-recognized Trusts and Estates Department, which now includes nearly 40 attorneys. The group is led by partner Mary Ann Mancini and includes two senior counsel, Susan G. Blumenthal and Tanya A. Harvey, and one associate,Caitlin L. Murphy. Most recently, all four attorneys practiced together at Bryan Cave LLP.
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Global law firm Proskauer advised American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., on its agreement to be acquired by Realty Income Corporation in a transaction valued at $2.95 billion. The deal, which is expected to close in late 2012 or early 2013, is the largest merger of U.S. real estate investment trusts this year.
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