Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented SunTrust Bank as the administrative agent in connection with a $235M asset-based revolving credit facility for the refinancing of Oxford Industries, Inc (NYSE:OXM), global apparel company which designs, sources, markets and distributes products for trademark brands including Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer, Ben Sherman, Oxford Golf, Arnold Brant, and Billy London.

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James F. Goedken has joined Faegre Baker Daniels LLP as a partner with the intellectual property group. He will practice from the law firm’s Chicago office.

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Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of litigation partner Tracy DiFillippo and paralegal Traci Burns to the Las Vegas office. Tara Baugh has been named office manager due to the firm’s growth in Las Vegas, where we currently have 13 attorneys.

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Ashurst has advised Goldman Sachs, Oriel Securities and RBC Capital Markets in relation to a US$212 million rights issue by Salamander Energy plc.

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Alan D. Minsk has joined Lane Powell as a shareholder in the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group, where he focuses his practice on patent prosecution, patent litigation support, patent portfolio evaluation and the related due diligence processes, due diligence for purposes of mergers and acquisitions, strategic portfolio development and management, patent licensing and the development of in-house patent programs for clients. His prosecution experience includes application preparation and prosecution for technologies that include e-commerce, communications systems, messaging systems, search methods, semiconductor processing, flash memory, imaging arrays, radar, lasers, signal and image processing, neural networks, adaptive control systems, optical computers and wireless data services.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised BNP Paribas and a pool of 200 lenders in connection with the rescheduling of Materis’ debt. Materis is a world leader in specialty chemicals for building and construction.

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Baker & McKenzie has acted for The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and certain Dow subsidiaries in relation to the USD 1.4 billion Islamic finance facilities made available to Saudi Acrylic Acid Company (SAAC), Saudi Acrylic Monomers Company (SAMCO) and Saudi Acrylic Polymers Company (SAPCO) to support the construction and operation of three integrated petrochemical plants in Jubail Industrial City in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. These three companies are each borrowers of separate loans on an integrated project financing basis.

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Herbert Smith has advised Hammerson as the lead legal advisor on the sale of the majority of its office portfolio to Brookfield Office Properties for aggregate cash proceeds of £518 million.

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