The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLPannounced today that Jude Kearney has joined the firm in its Washington, D.C. office as a shareholder in the Global Energy & Infrastructure and Corporate & Securities practices. He will head the firm’s Africa Practice.
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Linklaters has advised China Development Bank on its EUR350 million project financing of a 300MW mine mouth coal fired power plant in Stanari, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first ever project financing led by a Chinese bank in Europe, this transaction is also one of the largest independent power projects in the region and the first large scale power project to be constructed by Chinese contractors in Europe.
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International law firm Clyde & Co is pleased to announce the addition of infrastructure and structured finance specialist Michael Horn as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office. Michael is the latest lateral partner hire to join the firm’s rapidly expanding Asia-Pacific projects and infrastructure group.
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A team from the Beijing and London offices of international legal practice Norton Rose Group has advised trading and investment group Energy Financing Team (EFT) on the project financing of a €550 million, 300MW thermal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Polsinelli Shughart welcomes Dwayne A. Fulk as shareholder who will focus on business, real estate, technology and international law matters. Fulk represents clients ranging from individuals to corporations in a wide variety of industries including technology, manufacturing and tourism.
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International law firm Hogan Lovells has acted as counsel to Emirates NBD Bank PJSC, Noor Islamic Bank PJSC and Standard Chartered Bank as arrangers on a US$75,000,000 and AED91,825,000 Istisna – Ijara financing facility.
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Covington & Burling advised Ascom Holding AG in its acquisition of GE Healthcare’s nurse call medical device business.
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Maples and Calder and Weil, Gotshal & Manges represented Edwards Group Limited, a Cayman Islands company which has its headquarters in Crawley, England, in connection with its initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York. Shares of the manufacturer of industrial vacuum equipment were priced at $8 per share; and trading of the approximately 12.5 million shares on offer commenced on 11 May 2012. At pricing, the market capitalisation of Edwards Group was $903 million. The IPO closed on 18 May 2012.
Tags: Maples GroupWOLF THEISS has expanded its Real Estate Practice Group by bringing in Georg Karasek, a pre-eminent Austrian construction lawyer, and Wolfgang Müller, Karasek’s long-standing Partner and right hand man.
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a preeminent California-based real estate and full service business law firm, welcomes back Mark Mengelberg as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. He rejoins Allen Matkins’ Real Estate Department after six years as a partner at Seyfarth Shaw, with an emphasis on real estate transactions and finance. Mark had worked at Allen Matkins as an associate from 2004 through 2006.
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