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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Maples and Calder, the leading international law firm headquartered in the Cayman Islands, today announced the opening of its newest office, situated in Singapore.
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After 17 years as a successful trial lawyer, Partner Shirley Padmore-Mensah is leaving Husch Blackwell to join the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She will take the bench for the first time on Sept. 10, 2012, as a new magistrate judge at the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse in St. Louis, Mo.
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The Firm recently represented the underwriters in connection with a registered public offering of $500 million of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2022 and $300 million of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2042, in each case, issued by WPP Finance 2010, a finance subsidiary of WPP plc. The notes are guaranteed by WPP plc and certain of its subsidiaries.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkWiggin and Dana is pleased to announce that James A. Goniea has joined the firm as a Partner in the firm’s Franchise and Distribution Practice Group, resident in the Philadelphia office, after serving for six years as Vice President and General Counsel of American Driveline Systems, Inc. (ADS) and its AAMCO and Cottman brands.
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