On July 10, the General Court of the European Union dismissed a challenge to a European Commission decision, authorizing the French State to grant a €450 million subsidy to France Télévisions, the State-owned broadcaster.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Allen Z. Sussman has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Capital Markets and Corporate Practice Groups. He was previously a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice at Reed Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised UBS, HSBC and BOCOM International, as joint bookrunners and lead managers on Chinese passenger vehicle dealer China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Limited’s (“Yongda Auto”) US$215 million Hong Kong Initial Public Offering. The transaction comprised a Reg S/Rule 144A international offering and a 15% greenshoe allocation which could increase the total deal size to US$248 million if exercised in full.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Scott M. Susko has joined the Firm as a partner in its State & Local Tax (SALT) Practice Group, based in Boston. Mr. Susko, who advises client on SALT controversies throughout the country, will provide the Firm with added depth in the Boston legal market.
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Linklaters’ US team in New York has advised WellPoint Inc, America’s second-largest health insurance company, on its pending $4.9bn acquisition of health insurance rival Amerigroup Corporation.
Tags: Linklaters LLP | New YorkEckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, a full-service national law firm, continues its growth with the addition of real estate attorneys Thomas J. Infurna and Lauren F. Wyler. Both are highly recognized and experienced in sophisticated real estate matters, and come to the firm from the New York office of McGuireWoods LLP. Infurna focuses on commercial real estate finance and asset-based finance, while Wyler concentrates on real estate finance and development transactions.
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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, a full-service national law firm, is very pleased to announce that Gregory A. Weingart has rejoined the firm’s Business Division as a Member of the Corporate and Business Counseling practice as well as the Hospitality Law Group, effective July 1, 2012. He is based in the firm’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office. Weingart previously practiced for 20 years with Eckert Seamans from 1989-2009, and returns to the firm after spending more than two years at FFC Capital Corporation as Vice President and General Counsel.
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Clayton Utz has jointly advised Australasian private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) on its successful bid for Nestlé Australia Ltd’s Peters Ice Cream business, for an undisclosed sum. The sale was announced on 29 June 2012.
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Davis Polk is advising NBCUniversal Media, LLC in connection with the $3.025 billion sale of its 15.8% stake in A&E Television Networks, LLC to A&E’s other owners, The Walt Disney Company and The Hearst Corporation.
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