Sparke Helmore Lawyers has appointed two new partners to its rapidly expanding Corporate team: Douglas Hall and Betsy-Ann Howe.
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Squire Sanders in Prague Helps Westinghouse Deliver Bid for CEZ Nuclear Expansion Project
A team of lawyers from Squire Sanders in Prague has assisted Westinghouse Electric Company and its Czech subsidiary in the submission of a bid for the multi-billion pound expansion of Czech power group CEZ’s nuclear plant, which was submitted earlier this month.
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Goltsblat BLP Completes a Consulting Project Involving Acquisition by an OMS Operating Division of Forum Facility Management
Goltsblat BLP, the Russian practice of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has successfully advised within the scope of a transaction for an Operating Division of OMS to acquire Forum Facility Management, commercial operator of the Moscow Aurora Business Park, with a total area of over 150,000Sq m.
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Van Oot Joins Jackson Lewis in Portsmouth
Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Martha (“Marty”) Van Oot has joined the firm’s Portsmouth office as Partner. Ms. Van Oot brings to Jackson Lewis over 30 years of experience as a trial attorney, with a particular emphasis on complex commercial and employment litigation.
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Cahill Represents Underwriters in $3 Billion Notes Offering by CIT Group
Cahill represented the underwriters in connection with the public offering of $1,750,000,000 of 4.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2017 and $1,250,000,000 of 5.00% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 by CIT Group Inc. Proceeds from the offering were to be used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.
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McDermott Achieves Complete Trial Victory for Seikagaku and Zimmer
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today achieved a complete trial victory for Firm clients the Seikagaku Corporation and Zimmer, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
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Epstein Becker Green Expands Health Care and Life Sciences Practice in Southern California and Washington, D.C., by Adding Kim Tyrrell-Knott
The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) continues to expand its presence in Southern California and Washington, D.C., through the recent addition of Kim Tyrrell-Knott, a seasoned health care IT attorney. Tyrrell-Knott joins the Health Care and Life Sciences practice as a Member of the Firm in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices.
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Baker & McKenzie Advises on the Global Offering of DYNAM Japan Holdings
Baker & McKenzie’s Securities team recently acted as Hong Kong, US and Japanese law counsel to the joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, Shenyin Wanguo Capital (H.K.) Limited, Piper Jaffray Asia Limited and CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, on the USD200 milion global offfering by DYNAM Japan Holdings Co., Ltd, one of the biggest pachinko hall operators in Japan, with a presence in 46 out of 47 prefectures in Japan. The shares commenced trading on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 6 August 2012. More >>
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Weil Advises Goldman Sachs on $3.5 Billion Bridge Facility for Walgreen Co.
A Weil team, led by New York partner Morgan Bale, advised Goldman Sachs as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and administrative agent for a $3.5 billion senior unsecured bridge facility in connection the $6.7 billion strategic investment by Walgreen Co. (Walgreens), the largest drug store chain in the United States, in Alliance Boots GmbH, a Switzerland-based international pharmacy-led health and beauty group from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. The bridge facility and the investment closed on August 2, 2012.
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Offit Kurman Expands in Bethesda, Adds Attorney Brent Salmons to Growing Business and Real Estate Group
Offit Kurman is pleased to announce the addition of Brent T. Salmons as a new partner in our Business and Real Estate Group.
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