Dechert’s London-based emerging markets team has advised on three important capital markets deals out of Georgia for an aggregate amount of US$1 billion. Partner Louise Roman Bernstein led on all three transactions, assisted by associates Giles Belsey and Jennifer Buckett and with support from Dechert’s newly-established Tbilisi office.

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GKN plc has agreed to acquire Volvo Aero, the aero engine division of AB Volvo, for SEK 6.9 billion.

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Butler, Snow, O’Mara & Cannada has brought on two new attorneys as a result of legal recruitment, according to a press release.

Keishuna L. Randall and Stephanie Taylor have been hired to come aboard the law firm’s products liability division in its Jackson, Mississippi office.

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Global law firm Baker & McKenzie hired Sébastien Marcelin-Rice for a London legal job, according to a press release.

Marcelin-Rice joins the practice as a partner and will serve the banking and finance division. He left the London office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was a senior associate.

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National law firm Baker Hostetler hired Jay R. Nanavati for a Washington legal job, according to a press release.

Formerly an assistant chief of the Western Criminal Enforcement section of the Tax Division with the U.S. Justice Department, Nanavati comes aboard the D.C. office as counsel. He was with the Justice Department for more than seven years.

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DLA Piper announced today that Mark Paoletta has joined the Regulatory and Government Affairs and Federal Law and Policy practices as a partner in the Washington, DC, office.

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A multi-practice team from DLA Piper advised on the sale of the CSG Technology Solutions business to NEC Australia for a base purchase price of $227.5m, following a lengthy process which completed on 2 July 2012. The firm has acted for CSG Limited since its listing on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2007.

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Leading law firm Clayton Utz has expanded its national energy and resources capability with the appointment of Jonathan Li as a partner in its Corporate practice, based in Melbourne.

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Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.125% notes due 2022 and $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.65% notes due 2042. The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

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