Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Michael A. Yuffee has joined the Firm’s M&A/private equity group, resident in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Yuffee focuses his practice on regulatory, enforcement defense and transactional matters relating to the wholesale energy markets. He brings extensive experience in leading the energy due diligence and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) aspects of M&A and financing transactions, representing clients in energy regulatory proceedings and conducting energy-related litigations and investigations.

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Paul, Weiss advised Ivanhoe Mines, a Canadian mining company with operations focused in the Asia Pacific region and majority-owned by Rio Tinto, on a $1.8 billion rights offering, which closed on July 27, 2012, as part of a comprehensive financing plan for continuing development of its Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. Rio Tinto committed to support the rights offering by exercising its full basic subscription privilege with respect to its 50.9% shareholding in Ivanhoe Mines, as well as by providing a standby commitment for the full amount of the rights offering, subject to certain conditions.

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Brian T. Hafter has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a partner on the Business Litigation and Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation Practice Area Teams. He will be resident in the national law firm’s San Francisco office.

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