Baker Hostetler announced that Jonathan L. Lewis joined the firm’s Litigation Group as Partner in its Washington, D.C., office, where his practice will focus on antitrust and competition matters. He comes to Baker Hostetler from Mayer Brown LLP.
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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBS Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $500 million 3.3% senior notes due 2022 and $500 million 4.95% senior notes due 2042 by Discovery Communications, LLC. The senior notes are guaranteed by the issuer’s indirect parent company, Discovery Communications, Inc.
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Two partners are set to fill Hong Kong legal jobs for international law firm DLA Piper, according to a press release.
Joyce Chan and Heng Loong Cheong are leaving jobs closely associated with Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Tags: DLA Piper | Hong KongDavis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation (Medicis) of an aggregate principal amount of $500 million of 1.375% convertible senior notes due 2017, which included $50 million aggregate principal of notes from the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. In addition, Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as counterparties to convertible note hedge and warrant transactions with Medicis in connection with the convertible senior notes offering.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk is advising EQT V in connection with its sale of Dako A/S to Agilent Technologies Inc. for a total enterprise value of 12.8 billion Danish kroner ($2.2 billion). The transaction is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
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Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, today announced that Thomas A. Beaudoin has joined the firm’s Business Law Department in its Boston office as a member of Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds Practice. A leader in the field of fund formation, Beaudoin will further expand his work with venture capital funds, private equity funds and institutional investors across the U.S., Europe and Israel.
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Thomas G. Echikson has joined LeClairRyan as a partner in the Environmental and Compliance, Investigations and White Collar Defense Practice Area teams. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Tags: LeClair Ryan, PCBrian J. Halpin has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a partner in the Discovery Solutions Practice. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Newark office.
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Proskauer advised Banco GNB Sudameris S.A., a Colombian banking institution, on its $400 million acquisition of HSBC Bank’s operations in Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The transaction involves 62 offices and assets of approximately $4.4 billion.
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The appointment of new partners Robert Ritchie and Shawn Wytenburg to Ashurst in Sydney is a key step in the firm realising its vision of creating a pre-eminent Financial Services practice.
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