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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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce the continued strategic expansion of its Charlotte office with the addition of Robert A. Cox, Jr. as partner. Previously a partner with McGuireWoods, Cox joins the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Distressed Investing Practice Group. He is the fifth new attorney to join the firm in Charlotte so far this year. In April, a group of four attorneys joined the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group in Charlotte.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP advised ASN Bank, Belfius Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis, the European Investment Bank (EIB), ING Belgium, KfW Ipex Bank, PensionDanmark, RaboBank International, the Norwegian government, Eksport Kredit Fonden, GIEK, and the Office National Du Ducroire/Nationale Delcrederedienst on the €890 million financing of Northwind Offshore Energy’s wind project in Belgium’s North Sea.

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Allen & Overy has advised Crédit Agricole CIB and Société Générale as co-arrangers and Crédit Agricole CIB, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Société Générale as joint lead managers in relation to the securitisation by DIAC of a portfolio of French auto loans and the issuance by the newly created fonds commun de titrisation Cars Alliance Auto Loans France F 2012-1 of EUR 750 million asset backed fixed rate Class A Notes.

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