International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Perry Sayles, a leading structured finance attorney, has joined the Firm’s New York office as a partner in its Financial Institutions Advisory Practice Group. Mr. Sayles was formerly a partner in the New York office of another international law firm and spent considerable time in that firm’s London and Hong Kong offices.
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Womble Carlyle announced today that Behrooz Shariati has joined the firm’s Silicon Valley office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Group. Shariati’s patent and copyright litigation practice focuses on software, computer hardware, networking technologies and industry standards.
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On 29 June 2012, Elster Group SE, based in Essen/Germany, announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with the British affiliated company Melrose PLC, pursuant to which a wholly-owned subsidiary of Melrose PLC would offer to acquire all outstanding American Depositary Shares amounting to $2.3 billion of the electricity, gas and water measurement and control provider Elster. Melrose PLC proposes to partially fund the acquisition by way of a fully underwritten rights issue. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2012, subject to regulatory approval by the relevant authorities.
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Venable LLP makes a key addition to its expanding Intellectual Property practice group with the arrival of IP litigator and counselor Adam R. Hess, who joins the firm as a partner in Washington, DC.
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International law firm Clyde & Co has today announced that it is opening an office in Tripoli, the firm’s fifth in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Michael D. Petty, the former vice president of development and regulatory law at Amgen Inc., has joined the FDA and life sciences practice of King & Spalding as a pharmaceutical regulatory partner in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced today.
Tags: King & Spalding LLPJustin B. Kleinman has joined McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) as a partner in the real estate and finance practice in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Kleinman’s practice is focused on acquisitions, dispositions, mortgage and mezzanine loan financing, joint venture and preferred equity investments, debt restructuring, workouts and distressed transactions.
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Sullivan & Worcester LLP is pleased to announce that Adam N. Weisenberg has joined the Commercial Real Estate Group as a partner in the Boston office. Mr. Weisenberg is a leading real estate finance, development and real estate investment trust lawyer.
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Davis Polk advised Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of American Integration Technologies LLC for approximately $74 million in cash (excluding working capital adjustments) and the issuance of 4.5 million shares of Ultra Clean’s common stock. Upon the closing of the acquisition on July 3, 2012, American Integration became a subsidiary of Ultra Clean.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the Republic of Bulgaria in relation to its €950 million, 4.25 per cent, bond issue. This was the first international bond issue by Bulgaria since 2002 and represents its return to the international capital markets.
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