Shook, Hardy & Bacon announced today that William A. Yoder has rejoined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Global Product Liability Practice.
Skadden Prevails in $600 Million Pro Bono Dismissal for Planned Parenthood
Skadden, representing Planned Parenthood pro bono, secured a complete dismissal with prejudice in a False Claims Act case against the nonprofit organization in which potential damages exceeded $600 million.
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Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Successfully Defend a Leading Global Electronics Manufacturer in a Russian IP Dispute
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners have secured the denial of a claim for a major international electronics manufacturer in an Intellectual Property dispute in Russia.
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Gardere Represents BP in Sale of Jonah Gas Properties in Wyoming to LINN Energy
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP represented BP America Production Company (NYSE:BP) in its $1.03 billion sale of its interests in Jonah and Pinedale upstream operations in Southwestern Wyoming to LINN Energy, LLC (Nasdaq:LINE) announced on June 25, 2012. Included in the sale are BP’s operations center in Sublette County, Wyoming and all of its working interest in a substantial number of operated and non-operated wells that are producing natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil. Completion of the sale remains subject to customary regulatory approvals and conditions. The acquisition is expected to close in July 2012.
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BLP Advises on £415m Purchase of Nido Student Living
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) advised Round Hill Capital on its purchase of Nido student accommodation business from private equity firm Blackstone. The deal, worth £415m, is one of the largest structured corporate real estate transactions since the start of the downturn.
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White & Case Advises Jefferies on Klöckner Pentaplast Recapitalization
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Jefferies and its affiliates in connection with a recapitalization of Klöckner Pentaplast, one of the world’s largest suppliers of plastic films and the provision of approximately €630 million of new debt facilities provided by Jefferies to fund the prepayment of existing senior facilities of Klöckner Pentaplast as part of the recapitalization.
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Hogan Lovells Recruits Insurance Partner in London
Hogan Lovells has recruited Helen Chapman as a partner in the Insurance & Reinsurance Group. She joined the firm on Monday 25 June.
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Cahill – Ally Financial Completes $1.5 Billion Notes Offering
Cahill represented the underwriters in the registered offering of $1,500,000,000 of Ally Financial senior notes, comprised of $1,000,000 4.625% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2015 and $500,000,000 5.5% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2017. The proceeds of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
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National law firm Ryan Law hired Mark W. Eidman for an Austin legal job, according to a press release.
Eidman joins the practice as a senior partner in the Austin office of the firm that specializes in corporate tax litigation. His experience includes hundreds of administrative appeals and court cases in more than 40 U.S. states and he now owns the biggest volume of pending tax cases in Texas, the press release states.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $1.5 Billion 30-Year Debt Offering by Target Corporation
The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup, in a public offering of $1,500,000,000 principal amount of 4.000% Notes due 2042 of Target Corporation.
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