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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Proskauer Expands Its Real Estate Capital Markets Capabilities with the Addition of Les Loffman as Partner in New York

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Proskauer has expanded its Real Estate Capital Markets Group with the addition of Leslie (Les) H. Loffman as a Tax Partner in the firm’s New York office. Widely regarded as one of the country’s premiere REIT tax lawyers, Loffman was most recently a partner at DLA Piper, where he served as co-chair of its REIT practice, and before that director of national REIT services at Ernst & Young.

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Terryl L. Brown Joins Harris Beach in the Government Compliance and Investigations Practice Group

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Terryl L. Brown, former counsel to the Attorney General and Chief Ethics Officer in the New York State Attorney General’s Office, has joined the Harris Beach law firm as a partner in the Government Compliance and Investigations Practice Group with a major focus on working with clients of the firm’s Energy Industry Team. In this capacity, she defends organizations and their executives on matters relating to corporate and government compliance, government investigations, consumer fraud, and criminal charges. Ms. Brown brings nearly 20 years of experience in New York State government, having served in the New York State Attorney General’s Office, the New York Power Authority, and the New York State Governor’s Office. With this experience, she counsels state government and municipal officials on matters relating to operational procedures, ethics, and regulations. In addition to advising energy and government clients and given her vast industry and managerial experience, she also works with clients in numerous industries on their regulatory and compliance matters, including health care, financial institutions and capital markets, telecommunications and media, and consumer products and services.

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Locke Lord Advising New Vision Television in Approximately $330 Million Transaction to Sell Local Broadcast Stations to LIN Television Corporation

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

International law firm Locke Lord represents New Vision Media in its pending transaction to sell several of its award-winning local broadcast stations to LIN Television Corporation, a part of LIN Media. The approximately $330 million transaction, plus the assumption of certain debt, is expected to close by the end of this year and includes stations in eight U.S. markets that New Vision has owned and operated during its more than 20 years as a leader in the local television broadcast industry.

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