Fowler White Boggs and Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha P.A. Finalize Merger

Monday, May 7, 2012
The statewide Florida law firm of Fowler White Boggs P.A. (Fowler) and the Ft. Lauderdale-based firm of Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha P.A. (Atkinson) announced that their merger became effective May 1, 2012.  The combined firms will be known as Fowler White Boggs.  The Ft. Lauderdale office is located at 1200 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 500, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33301.

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Leading Health Care Attorneys Join Polsinelli Shughart’s National Health Care Practice

Friday, May 4, 2012
A group of seven health care attorneys joined Polsinelli Shughart from the same prior firm. Six of the new health care lawyers will practice in St. Louis, one in Chicago. The St. Louis attorneys include shareholders Jane E. Arnold, Mark H. Goran and Donna J. Ruzicka. Shareholder Mary Clare Bonaccorsi is a Chicago based health care litigator. The addition of these prominent health care attorneys continues the firm’s strategic focus on the health care industry with its increasing consolidation in a highly regulated environment.

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Pillsbury Adds Energy and Infrastructure Finance Partners in London and Abu Dhabi

Friday, May 4, 2012
Pillsbury today announced that James Simpson and Stephen Jurgenson have joined the firm’s Finance practice section as partners in its London and Abu Dhabi offices. Known for their respective work on power, water and infrastructure projects across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Simpson and Jurgenson are the newest members of Pillsbury’s Energy & Infrastructure Projects team. They arrive from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP’s London and Abu Dhabi offices.

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Davis Polk Advises TPG on Its Investment in China Ruifeng

Friday, May 4, 2012
Davis Polk is advising TPG Rave Holdings, L.P. (TPG Rave), an affiliate of TPG, in connection with its investment in China Ruifeng Galaxy Renewable Energy Holdings Limited (China Ruifeng). TPG Rave and Diamond Era Holdings Limited, a substantial shareholder of China Ruifeng, have agreed to respectively subscribe for 8% convertible bonds due 2017 and warrants issued by China Ruifeng with TPG Rave subscribing for an aggregate principal amount of $60 million of bonds and warrants with an exercise value of $15 million. The aggregate proceeds from the transaction will be used to increase China Ruifeng’s indirect holding in Hebei Hongsong Wind Power Co., Ltd. to no less than 51%. The transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including shareholders and regulatory approval.

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Paul Hastings Advises Tan-Eu Capital on Sotan China Real Estate I, LP’s First Investment

Friday, May 4, 2012
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Tan-Eu Capital (“Tan-Eu”), the Hong Kong-based private equity real estate firm, with respect to Sotan China Real Estate I, LP’s first investment – the acquisition of a 1 million square foot development site in Wuqing, Tianjin from a local investor. A mixed-use development comprised of retail and residential space is planned for the site.

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Jagla Joins Lane Powell’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group

Friday, May 4, 2012
Frances M. Jagla has joined Lane Powell as a shareholder in the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group, where she focuses her practice on trademark, copyright, Internet domain name matters and unfair competition counseling.  She has extensive U.S. and international experience in name development, clearance filing, registration, maintenance and enforcement of trademarks and copyrights for Fortune 100 companies.  Jagla possesses in-depth knowledge of trademark-related acquisitions, divestitures, licensing, Internet domain name matters and regulatory issues relating to healthcare trademarks.

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Milbank Represents Initial Purchaser In $291 Million Add-On Note Offering By Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Friday, May 4, 2012
International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Global Securities partners Rod Miller and Paul Denaro, acted as counsel to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as sole book-running manager, in a $291 million reopening offering of two tranches of notes by Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Tenet sold an additional $141,233,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2018, originally issued in 2011, and an additional $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8% Senior Notes due 2020, originally issued in 2010.

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