Herbert Smith has advised a group of 27 lenders on a US$2.5 billion secured loan and letter of credit facility for Lundin Petroleum. The transaction was coordinated by HSBC as documentation bank and BNP Paribas as facility agent and security trustee, along with 15 other lead arrangers.
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Polsinelli Shughart welcomes health care litigation attorney Stephanie N. Gwillim as an associate in the firm’s Chicago office. Previously, Gwillim served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Missouri Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. She supervised and litigated state investigations into both health care providers’ billing practices and allegations of abuse and neglect of patients residing in Missouri health care facilities.
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Duval & Stachenfeld LLP announced today the formation of a new Tax Practice Group with the addition of leading tax attorney, Stephen B. Land, as a partner in its New York office. Mr. Land was the former head of the US Tax Practice for Linklaters and worked out of their New York office.
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Davis Polk is advising AstraZeneca plc in connection with the expansion of its diabetes alliance with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company through Bristol-Myers Squibb’s acquisition of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk is advising Ingram Micro Inc. on its acquisition of Brightpoint, Inc., a global leader in providing device lifecycle services to the wireless industry. Ingram Micro is the world’s largest technology distributor and supply-chain services provider.
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International law firm Eversheds has advised Dairy Crest, the UK’s leading dairy foods company, on the proposed sale of its French spreads business St Hubert to Montagu private equity in a £344 million deal.
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Offit Kurman is pleased to announce the addition of new Principal Edward Tolchin to its Government Contracting and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups.
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HWL Ebsworth has appointed David Vorchheimer as a partner in its Planning, Environment & Government Group in Melbourne.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Ugo Giordano has joined the Firm as a partner in the Finance practice in its London office. Mr. Giordano, who is one of the leading Italian finance partners, has practiced in the UK since 1996, and leaves Ashurst to take up his new role with the Firm.
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After four years of litigation, global law firm K&L Gates LLP obtained for its Netherlands-based client Astra Oil Trading NV a payment of $820.5 million from the North American arm of Brazil’s national oil company, Petrobras Brasiliero S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”). The payment brought to an end a series of disputes arising out of an Astra-Petrobras joint venture involving a Pasadena, Texas, refinery.
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