The international law firm of Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the addition of corporate and transactional attorney Roger Griesmeyer as a Partner in the firm’s New York office.
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Akin Gump Advises Roth Capital in Relation to Merger Agreement for Yucheng Technologies
A team of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys has been retained by Roth Capital Partners LLC, as financial adviser to the independent committee of Yucheng Technologies (Nasdaq: YETC), in relation to its proposed merger agreement with New Sihitech Limited, a British Virgin Islands company wholly owned by Mr. Weidong Hong, Yucheng Technologies’ chairman and CEO, and New Sihitech Acquisition Limited, a British Virgin Islands company wholly owned by New Sihitech Limited.
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Reed Smith Continues to Grow in Shanghai with New Partner Hire Bringing Added Corporate and Financial Expertise
International law firm Reed Smith today announced the appointment of Ivan Chiang to its partnership. Based in Shanghai, Ivan joins the firm’s corporate and securities group from K&L Gates.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises eBay on $3 Billion Registered Bond Offering
Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in connection with eBay Inc.’s registered public offering of $3 billion aggregate principal amount of investment grade Notes, comprised of $250 million of 0.70% Notes due 2015, $1 billion of 1.35% Notes due 2017, $1 billion of 2.60% Notes due 2022 and $750 million of 4.00% Notes due 2042.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLPShearman & Sterling Advises on Public Offering of Cheniere Energy
Shearman & Sterling represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as underwriters of a public offering of 28,000,000 shares of Cheniere Energy, Inc. common stock. The Underwriters have the option to purchase up to 4,200,000 additional shares of common stock at any time within 30 days of the offering.
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Andrew Oringer Joins Dechert as Partner in Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group
Dechert LLP announced today that Andrew L. Oringer has joined the firm as a partner in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group and will be resident in New York. Oringer was previously a partner at Ropes & Gray LLP, where he led the ERISA and executive compensation practice in New York.
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Covington Advises AstraZeneca in Agreement with Pfizer for OTC Nexium
Covington & Burling advised AstraZeneca in its agreement with Pfizer for over-the-counter rights to sell a nonprescription version of Nexium, a medication prescribed to treat the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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Goodwin Procter Representing SpringSoft in Planned $406 million Acquisition by Synopsys
A team of Goodwin Procter attorneys is advising Taiwanese software developer SpringSoft in its planned acquisition by Synopsys, Inc.
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Former In-House Counsel Jarrett R. Andrews Joins Littler’s Dallas Office
Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Jarrett R. Andrews as a shareholder in its Dallas office. Andrews previously served as managing counsel for Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH), whose holdings include Texas’ largest power generation company and Texas’ largest mining company. While at EFH, Andrews was responsible for the full range of labor and employment matters.
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King & Wood Mallesons Acts for Ascendas Group on S$385m IPO
King & Wood Mallesons has acted for the Singapore-based Ascendas Group, Asia’s leading provider of business space solutions, on the Australian aspects of its S$385 million IPO and listing of stapled securities in Ascendas Hospitality Trust. The IPO is the largest capital raising of its type in Singapore so far this year.
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