Gibbons P.C. continues its strategic expansion in key markets, industries, and service areas with the addition of three experienced, highly regarded attorneys. William M. Moran, Suzanne L’Hernault, and Peter Flägel have recently joined the firm as Directors, Mr. Moran in the Business & Commercial Litigation Department and Mr. Flägel and Ms. L’Hernault in the Corporate Department.
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Shearman & Sterling represented project sponsor Egyptian-listed private equity firm Citadel Capital and project company Egyptian Refining Company (Takrir) on the US$3.7 billion financing for the redevelopment of its refinery at Mostorod, near Cairo. The financing, which closed today, is the largest-ever project financing in Africa.
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Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP today welcomes noted trademark lawyer Scott E. Thompson as a partner in its Intellectual Property Practice Group in New York, further enhancing the firm’s ability to provide a full range of IP services to its clients. Thompson was previously with Greenberg Traurig in New York.
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Hogan Lovells has advised a consortium of banks on the sale of First Engineering Limited (“First Engineering“) to Australia-based private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners (“Anchorage“), including advising Mizuho Corporate Bank, one of the selling banks, in connection with the financing being provided to Anchorage for the acquisition.
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McAndrews, Held & Malloy announced today that Christopher P. Singer joined the firm as a partner, and Timothy Long joined as a patent agent. These new additions reinforce McAndrews’ industry-leading intellectual property and complex technology law capabilities, particularly within the firm’s life sciences practice.
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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC , Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in connection with the registered public offering of $600 million principal amount of 2.750% Senior Notes due 2017 and $400 million principal amount of 3.950% Senior Notes due 2022 of Symantec Corporation.
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National law firm Polsinelli Shughart welcomes veteran policy consultants Andy Wright, as shareholder, and Tracy Hammond, as a senior policy advisor, to the firm’s national Public Policy Group. Highly experienced in their field, Wright and Hammond will lobby and provide consulting and strategic advice on behalf of firm clients, including those within the energy, environment and telecommunications industries.
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Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today that it has represented Dubai-based Friendi Group in its strategic partnership agreement with Virgin Group to establish Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa.
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O’Melveny & Myers LLP is pleased to announce that prominent UK entertainment transactions lawyer Lisbeth “Libby” Savill will be joining the Firm in August as a partner in the Entertainment, Sports and Media Practice. She will be based in O’Melveny’s London office. Savill is the former head of Olswang LLP’s Film and Television team.“
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The California Department of Transportation (“Caltrans”) announced today that, in cooperation with the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, financial close has been reached on the Presidio Parkway Project public-private partnership (“P3”). A Nossaman team, led by Barney Allison, advised Caltrans on the procurement, financing and contracts for the project. The $1.1 billion deal will be the first transportation P3 in California under the recently enacted P3 statute, Streets and Highways Code section 143, and only the third highway project developed through an availability payment structure.
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