Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce the continued strategic growth of its Litigation practice group with the addition of leading trial lawyer E. Todd Presnell as a partner in the firm’s Nashville office. Previously chairman of the Litigation Department at Miller & Martin PLLC, Mr. Presnell represents major corporations, small businesses, tax-exempt organizations and individuals. He has served as lead counsel in federal and state courts nationwide.

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Arnold & Porter LLP has advised the Government of Kenya on a $600 million term loan facility arranged by Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank and The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited. The transaction, signed on 15 May 2012, was Kenya’s first international syndicated loan. “This is an important milestone for the Republic of Kenya and we are delighted to have assisted the Republic with this debut international transaction” said Arnold & Porter partner Whitney Debevoise.

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Lawyers in DLA Piper’s Australian practice in conjunction with DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr are advising more than half of the successful bidders for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of South Africa’s Independent Power Producers (IPP) Procurement Programme on solar, wind, hydro, biomass and biogas projects. DLA Piper Australia is also acting for bidders and lenders providing project finance for a number of projects in Phase 3 of the Programme.

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The Washington, D.C., office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes broker-dealer lawyer K. Susan Grafton as a partner in the investment management practice. Grafton joins K&L Gates from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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