Former FDA Official John Fuson Joins Crowell & Moring

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that John H. Fuson has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. Fuson served as associate chief counsel at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 2007, where he worked with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch, bringing enforcement actions on behalf of the FDA. He will be working with the firm’s Health Care, Product Risk Management, White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement and Intellectual Property groups.

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Paul Hastings Advises First Gen on Acquisition of Natural Gas Power Projects

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented First Gen Corporation (“First Gen”), the largest vertically integrated power producer in the Philippines, in its US$360 million acquisition of BG Group’s (“BG”) power assets in the Philippines. First Gen’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Blue Vulcan Holdings Corp., acquired the entire outstanding capital stock of Lisbon Star Management Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, through which BG owned 40% stakes in the 1 GW Santa Rita combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant, the 400 MW San Lorenzo combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant and the corporate vehicle for the development of the San Gabriel power project.

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Paul Hastings Represents DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH Leasing Transaction Restructure

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH which owns the majority of Germany’s air traffic control network, on the restructuring of a US cross-border leasing transaction set up in 2003 with a value over US$1 billion. The Federal Republic of Germany is the sole shareholder of DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH.

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Clifford Chance Advised Lead Manager on KfW Issue of Bonds with a Volume of 1 Billion Renminbi

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Clifford Chance advised Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited who acted as lead manager in connection with the issue of bonds with a total volume of 1 billion Renminbi by KfW. The transaction is part of the KfW issue programme and is the first bond issued by KfW in the Chinese currency. The bond bears interest at a rate of 2% p.a. and its maturity is two years.

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