The corporate practice of Kirkland & Ellis in New York has recruited leading M&A and private equity attorney Taurie Zeitzer to the firm as a partner, the firm announced.
Ms. Zeitzer has gained significant experience in the arenas of private equity and corporate law throughout her career.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has advised O1 Properties investment company—one of the largest owners of high-quality office properties in Moscow—in connection with legal issues relating to the financing of the acquisition of the Business Center known as “Silver City.”
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Herbert Smith has recently advised Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (“ICBC”) on its issue of RMB 1 billion (US$157 million) three-year fixed-rate bonds due 2015. This is the first overseas RMB bond issue by ICBC, the world’s largest bank in terms of market capitalisation.
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Trent P. Cornell has joined Pedersen & Houpt as a Partner of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and the Reorganization, Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Groups.
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Shearman & Sterling is advising long-time client Anglo American in its agreement with Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) to form a new partnership in respect of certain of Anglo American’s copper interests in Chile, known as Anglo American Sur. Anglo American and Codelco, with assistance from their respective partners, Mitsubishi and Mitsui, have settled their respective claims in relation to the Anglo American Sur option agreement and have agreed to a sale of a 29.5% interest in Anglo American Sur to a Codelco and Mitsui joint venture company for approximately $2.8 billion.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented Synthes, Inc. and its Board of Directors in Delaware Chancery Court in connection with the $19.7 billion acquisition of Synthes by Johnson & Johnson, obtaining from Chancellor Leo Strine a motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ second amended class action complaint with prejudice.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling advised IVG Caverns GmbH, a subsidiary of IVG Immobilien AG, on the transfer of seven underground gas storage facilities (caverns) to a special fund managed by IVG Institutional Funds GmbH (IVG Cavern Fund). IVG will devote the proceeds for the seven caverns to reduce its debt by a further €200 million.
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Clyde & Co is delighted to welcome David Moore as a partner in the firm’s infrastructure department in London.
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Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP has advised Ping Pong East Limited, the franchising arm of the casual dining dim sum concept, in relation to the grant of franchise rights for the Indian states of Goa and Maharashtra.
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