Paul Hastings Represents Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo in Financing for Wabash Acquisition of Walker Group Holdings

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent, in connection with the financing for leading semi trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corporation’s (NYSE: WNC) acquisition of Walker Group Holdings LLC, a leading manufacturer of liquid-transportation systems and engineered products.

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Morgan Lewis Strengthens International Practice with Additional Growth in London, Expansion into Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Morgan Lewis today confirmed that ten partners will join the firm’s Business and Finance Practice, resident in the UK, Russia, and Kazakhstan. With the arrival of this group, the firm will continue to cement its presence in London—where it will have grown from 21 to 45 attorneys over the past year—and will launch new offices in Moscow and Almaty. The expansion brings to 24 the total number of cities where the international AmLaw 100 firm has offices.

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Squire Sanders Continues to Strengthen Presence in Asia

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Global legal practice Squire Sanders continues to boost its presence in Asia with the addition of four new partners. Jenny Liu and Xudong Ni have joined the legal practice’s Beijing and Shanghai offices, and Sin Kiu Ng and Kam W. Law have joined the Hong Kong office. The expansion of the China offices comes only weeks after Squire Sanders opened an office in Singapore, demonstrating its commitment to clients operating across the region.

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Akin Gump Expands Global Transactions Team with Three Leading Energy Partners

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Leading international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has added three leading energy industry partners to its transactions practice across its London and Houston offices. John C. LaMaster and Marc Hammerson have joined the firm in London, and Steven Otillar has joined the firm in Houston. All three partners focus on cross-border energy transactions.

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Antitrust Partner David Laing Joins Crowell & Moring

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that David J. Laing has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner, where he will be a member of the Antitrust Group. With his tenures at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and prior firm, Laing has more than 20 years experience practicing antitrust law with a focus on governmental clearance of mergers and other transactions, as well as criminal and civil investigations. Laing is a former trial attorney in the DOJ Antitrust Division, Litigation I Section, and he served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in multiple districts. During his time in government and private practice, Laing has participated in more than 40 grand jury investigations and in more than 150 merger review investigations. He joins Crowell & Moring from Baker & McKenzie.

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Andrews Kurth Helps AEI and Pattern Energy Group LP Close $245 Million Project Financing for Construction of Largest Wind Farm in Chile

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

As part of Andrews Kurth’s long tradition in Latin American energy, Andrews Kurth LLP (Andrews Kurth) served as primary development counsel and primary finance counsel to international energy companies, AEI and Pattern Energy Group LP(Pattern), for the $245 million development and financing of Parque Eólico El Arrayán SpA’s 115 MW wind power project. The project, which is located on the Pacific ocean about 250 miles northeast of Santiago, is jointly owned by AEI, Pattern and Antofagasta Minerals SA (AMSA).

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