Covington advised SandRidge Energy, Inc. on the sale of its non-core tertiary recovery business for $130 million to Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity portfolio company Trinity CO2 Investments. The divested properties are located in West Texas and currently produce approximately 1,100 barrels of oil per day.
Tags: Covington & Burling LLP | New YorkFormer U.S. Representative from New York Rick Lazio has been hired to fill a New York legal job with Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, according to a press release.
Lazio will spearhead the newly opened New York office as a partner, where tasks that cross his desk might include legal recruitment.
Tags: New YorkDenver law firm Keating Wagner Polidori Free is set to take on Denver District Court Judge Christina Habas to fill a Denver legal job, according to a press release.
Set to step down from the bench on Friday, July 13, the justice will join the Denver law firm as a shareholder and trial lawyer on Monday, July 16.
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Morgan Lewis today announced that it will expand in China with the addition of Ingrid Zhu-Clark—a well-respected energy transactions practitioner and former office managing partner at two international firms—who will join the firm as a partner in its Business and Finance practice, resident in Beijing. Along with Lucas S. Chang, Ph.D., senior partner of the firm’s Greater China practice, Zhu-Clark will be a Co-Managing Partner of the Beijing Office. The firm’s planned growth in Beijing comes on the heels of announcements that the firm has drawn dozens of attorneys internationally in recent weeks, including a significant expansion in London, a litigation team in Paris, and corporate and energy lawyers who practice in Russia and Kazakhstan.
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Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome new partner Scott D. Cheskiewicz to the firm. Mr. Cheskiewicz joins the Corporate & Securities group and the Investment Funds team in the Dallas and Austin offices.
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Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Energizer Holdings, Inc. of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.7% senior notes due 2022. The notes are unconditionally guaranteed by all existing and future subsidiaries of Energizer that are guarantors on the company’s credit agreements or other indebtedness for borrowed money.
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Hogan Lovells announced today that Christine E. Bloomquist joined its Health practice in Washington, D.C. as a partner. Bloomquist will focus her practice on advising pharmaceutical and medical device companies on fraud and abuse compliance and pricing issues as well as on other regulatory and policy matters, including aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
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Cahill is advising Ascend Health Corporation in its acquisition by Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) whereby UHS will acquire Ascend for $500 million in cash. Including the assumption of $17 million in Ascend net debt, the total transaction consideration is approximately $517 million.
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Miller & Chevalier Chartered today announced that Kevin M. Downing has joined the firm’s Criminal Tax practice as a Member. Downing joins the firm from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Tax Division, where he served as a federal prosecutor for 15 years, the last eight in the role of Senior Litigation Counsel. Downing will join the firm on June 11, 2012.
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