The firm recently advised French real estate company Icade on its €1.55 billion club deal with eight banks. The new financing arrangement, structured in three tranches, will enable Icade (a subsidiary of the Caisse des Dépôts) and Silic, a leading Paris business park owner, to meet general financing needs, optimize debt schedules and increase back-up lines, while reinforcing overall financial strength. The 3-tranche club deal comprises a medium-term credit line (€625 million, 5-year maturity); a revolving credit facility (€550 million, 3-year maturity) and a forward-start credit line (€375 million, 3-year maturity from 2014).

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Baker & McKenzie is further strengthening its presence in Africa with an office in Morocco to serve clients in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Casablanca will be the Firm’s third office in Africa and 71st overall.

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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Bruce W. Moorhead Jr. has joined as a Banking & Finance Practicepartner. Formerly a partner with Hunton & Williams, he will be based primarily in the Atlanta Office, but will spend a portion of his time in Jones Day’s New York Office as well.

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Cozen O’Connor, among the 100 largest U.S. law firms, announced that utilities lawyer David P. Zambito has joined the firm as a member of the Business Law Department in the Harrisburg, Pa., office. One of Pennsylvania’s premier utility attorneys, Zambito served as principal legal advisor to former PA Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman and Commissioner Glen Thomas. He formerly was a principal at Post & Schell in Harrisburg.

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Fowler White Boggs is pleased to announce that Court S. Terrell and Timothy M. Zwerner have joined the Firm’s Government, Environment and Real Estate Practice Group in its Tampa office.

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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, advised the IT service provider Sword group in the sale of Ciboodle, a CRM software editor based in Glasgow, to the American company Kana Software.

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SNR Denton announced today that Scott Toban has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in its Real Estate practice. Toban was most recently Principal and General Counsel of the Real Estate Institute, a leading education provider for the real estate brokerage and mortgage brokerage industry. He also had been a partner at Mayer Brown, after first practicing as an associate in the Real Estate practice of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, one of SNR Denton’s founding firms.

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