Akerman Senterfitt recently represented Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., a public company and the largest Burger King franchisee, in the acquisition of 278 of Burger King Corporation (BKC) company-owned restaurants in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia and related financing transactions.
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Fisher & Phillips hired Lawrence Lee to help fill a Denver legal job, according to a press release.
Joining as a partner, Lee is set to join the national law firm’s labor and employment practice. His practice focuses on employment litigation, counseling and defense of clients faced with charges of discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and harassment.
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McGuireWoods LLP announced today that it has expanded its Energy and Environmental Department with the addition of Brian J. Kelly, who will serve as a partner in the firm’s Baltimore office.
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Molly Cagle, who represents clients on a wide array of major environmental issues before government agencies and in federal and state courts, has joined Baker Botts L.L.P. as a partner in the firm’s Austin office.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | AustinCahill Gordon & Reindel LLP is pleased to announce that Herbert S. Washer has joined the firm as a partner in the litigation practice group. Mr. Washer joins Cahill with over two decades of experience representing clients in a wide variety of securities and antitrust-related civil litigation, as well as regulatory enforcement and criminal matters.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP advised the international lenders on the financing of Reliance Power’s Rs.21,745 million (US$392 million) Rajasthan Sun Technique solar power project in the state of Rajasthan, India. The financing for this project was provided by Asian Development Bank, FMO and US Ex-Im Bank, together with Indian commercial bank, Axis Bank.
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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, of $600 million principal amount of its 3.2% senior notes due 2017. The notes were fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the parent, Bunge Limited, a Bermuda company.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Sao PauloDavis Polk advised PPL Capital Funding, Inc. on its SEC-registered offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.2% senior notes due 2022, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by PPL Corporation (PPL). BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC acted as representatives of the several underwriters for the offering. PPL Capital Funding expects to loan the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to subsidiaries of PPL, which will use the funds for general corporate purposes.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised LME Holdings Limited, the parent company of The London Metal Exchange Limited (the “LME”), on the £1,388bn recommended cash offer for its entire issued and outstanding ordinary share capital by a wholly- owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd (“HKEx”) (the “Transaction”). The Transaction brings together the LME, the world’s leading non-ferrous base metals exchange trading venue with the leading operator of exchanges and clearing houses in Asia.
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International law firm Pinsent Masons is strengthening its practice in China with the appointment of Dr. Bernd-Uwe Stucken and Liu Wei as partners, specialising principally in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial work. Bernd and Liu Wei will join the Shanghai office to grow practice expertise of inbound investment in Chinese manufacturing and technology business.
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