Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the Qatar Investment Authority (“QIA”) in connection with a US$250 million investment by the Qatar Asset Management Company (“QAMC”) in an investment vehicle sponsored by Barclays Natural Resources Investments (“BNRI”), a business unit of Barclays Bank Plc.
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Dechert LLP announced today that Dr. Markus J. Friedl has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities group as a national partner in the Frankfurt office. Friedl was most recently counsel at SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz.
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To further meet the needs of current and future clients, Husch Blackwell has expanded its presence and capabilities in Nebraska with two new attorneys offering 30 years of combined experience. Today, the law firm added Gene Summerlin as a Partner and Andrew Weeks as an Associate, both working primarily out of the firm’s Lincoln office.
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King & Wood Mallesons’ Project Finance team has advised a group of nine banks from Australia, China and South Africa on the A$367.5m refinancing of the Millmerran Power Station in Queensland, which reached financial close on 15 June 2012.
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsKing & Wood Mallesons has advised Medibank Health Solutions on its transformational outsourcing agreement with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to provide high quality health services to Defence personnel across Australia.
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsKing & Wood Mallesons has acted on Billabong International Limited’s (“Billabong”) accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer, advising the underwriters, Goldman Sachs Australia Pty Limited and Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch.
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsChadbourne & Parke LLP represented Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Fund IV, L.P. (“Southern Cross”) in connection with their proposed investment in Estrella International Energy Services Ltd. (“Estrella”) (TSX‐V: EEN), a group of companies engaged in providing services to the petroleum, mining and geothermal industries in Latin America.
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Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) has announced it has obtained $275 million of new funding in a six-year mezzanine debt and equity arrangement provided by Trinity Opportunities Limited (Trinity). The facility was arranged by VREG in partnership with Hong Kong-based Shikumen Capital Management (HK) Limited (SCM).
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Covington & Burling is bolstering its government contracts practice by adding Susan Cassidy as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office.
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Professor Dr Georg Annuss, one of Germany’s leading employment lawyers, will shortly join Linklaters as a partner in its Munich office. He is expected to join Linklaters on 1 August 2012, from the German law firm Noerr.
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