Frost Brown Todd announced today that John R. McCall, former executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer of LG&E and KU Energy, LLC is re-joining the firm’s litigation department as a member of the firm in early July 2012.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented SunTrust Bank as co-lead arranger, co-administrative and documentation agent in connection with a $135 million financing for independent broker-dealer, Cetera Financial Group, Inc.’s closed acquisition of Genworth Financial Investment Services, a self-clearing broker-dealer.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Huadian Fuxin Energy Corporation on its issuance of 1.5 billion H shares at HK$1.65 (US$0.21) each. The IPO raised approximately HK$2.48 billion (US$319 million). CITIC Securities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, UBS and CLSA acted as joint global bookrunners.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | BeijingLeading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised TAM S.A. on its combination with LAN Airlines to form LATAM Airlines Group S.A. The deal, which closed on June 22, took more than a year-and-a-half to complete and required both Brazilian and Chilean regulatory approvals. The completed transaction results in the largest airline in South America with a fleet of 310 aircraft, and one of the largest airlines in the world by market value.
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International law firm Winston & Strawn hired Brinton M. Scott as a partner for a Shanghai legal job, according to a press release.
Scott, who has worked in China for more than 15 years, will take on corporate, intellectual property and employment law assignments.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery augmented two Texas offices with renowned tax lawyers, according to a press release.
Seven attorneys will take on new Dallas legal jobs and Houston legal jobs.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | HoustonMark Mengelberg returned to where he previously practiced law when he was hired by California-based law firm Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis for a San Francisco legal job, according to a press release.
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For the second time in recent weeks, the law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP has added a high-profile Intellectual Property team to its New York office.
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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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