Dykema today announced the addition of Bill Finkelstein to its Corporate Finance Practice Group as a member in the Firm’s Dallas office. Prior to joining Dykema, Finkelstein was a partner with K&L Gates LLP, having practiced for 33 years with Hughes & Luce LLP before its merger with K&L Gates in 2008.
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is pleased to announce the arrival of two new China Corporate Group partners, Mathew Lewis and Seung Chong, further strengthening the breadth and depth of the firm’s market-leading capital markets and M&A capabilities in the region.
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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised Chinese state owned enterprise, Chinatex Corporation (Chinatex), on the subscription of 34% shares in Fountain Set (Holdings) Limited for HK$511 million and the application to the Securities and Futures Commission for a whitewash waiver. Fountain Set (Holdings) Limited is engaged in the textile and garment business and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Experienced corporate insurance attorney Christopher L. Martin has joined the Houston office of Locke Lord as a Partner on the Firm’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance team. His broad-based corporate insurance experience will boost the Firm’s recognized national insurance practice and also add strength to its insurance capabilities in Texas.
Tags: Locke Lord LLP | HoustonAsia’s powerhouse law firm, King & Wood Mallesons, has announced the recruitment of three senior lawyers to its Beijing office. The hires reinforce the firm’s Energy & Resources capability, a pillar of the strategy that underpinned the recent combination of the leading firms in China and Australia earlier this year.
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Venable LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Daniel P. Hoffer, formerly with the boutique labor and employment law firm Kellman Hoffer LLP in Manhattan Beach. He joined Venable’s Los Angeles office on June 1 as a partner in the firm’s nationally recognized Labor and Employment practice group. Mr. Hoffer is known not only as a successful trial attorney, but also for having a distinguished record as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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KazMunaiGas, Kazakhstan’s state oil and gas company, secured a $1.13 billion Chinese loan on Wednesday to complete an upgrade that will enable its Atyrau oil refinery to produce cleaner fuels. Morgan Lewis advised KazMunaiGas on the transaction.
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Arnold & Porter LLP represented The Charles Schwab Corporation in the sale of $425 million of depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of 6.00% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B. The deal closed June 6, 2012.
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Cooley LLP announced an important litigation victory for Cooley client Entergy Corporation. The Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of Entergy’s claim for almost $250 million in foreign tax credits for the UK “windfall tax,” a tax on companies in regulated industries that were privatized by the UK. The victory was the product of close collaboration between Entergy’s Tax Counsel and the Cooley tax litigation team. The victory was achieved despite a recent adverse Third Circuit ruling (not involving Cooley) on the same tax.
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