On May 31, Willkie client RG Steel, LLC and affiliates, a $1 billion steelmaking enterprise with primary facilities located in Sparrows Point, MD, Wheeling, WV and Warren, OH, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
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International law firm Morgan Lewis has widened its scope in China by hiring Ingrid Zhu-Clark for a Beijing legal job, according to a press release.
Formerly the office managing partner at two other international law firms, Zhu-Clark joins the firm as a partner in the business and finance practice. She will be co-managing partner of the office in Beijing, one of several recent legal recruitments at the firm during the past few weeks.
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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan has hired Sean D. Jordan to a fill an Austin legal job in the firm’s office in the state capital, according to a press release.
Formerly the principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Attorney General of the Lone Star State, Jordan moves into a partner position and will be one of two leaders of the appellate practice of the law firm.
Tags: Eversheds Sutherland | AustinSutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today that Sean D. Jordan, previously the Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, has joined the firm as a partner in Sutherland’s Austin Office and will co-lead the firm’s Appellate Practice.
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that Robert B. Kaplan, Co-Chief of the Asset Management Unit of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, will join the firm as a litigation partner resident in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that MJ Moltenbrey, has joined the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice as a partner. Ms. Moltenbrey, a leading antitrust lawyer, joins from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, where she was a partner. She will be located in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Her arrival continues the expansion of the practice, which has added three partners in Washington and San Francisco in a little more than a year: Thomas Brown, Holly House and Scott Hataway.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLPPaul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented First Gen Corporation (“First Gen”), the largest vertically integrated power producer in the Philippines, in its US$360 million acquisition of BG Group’s (“BG”) power assets in the Philippines. First Gen’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Blue Vulcan Holdings Corp., acquired the entire outstanding capital stock of Lisbon Star Management Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, through which BG owned 40% stakes in the 1 GW Santa Rita combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant, the 400 MW San Lorenzo combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant and the corporate vehicle for the development of the San Gabriel power project.
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Shearman & Sterling LLP is advising the financiers, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and a consortium of Pakistan financiers, in connection with the financing of the Foundation Wind I and II Power Projects in Pakistan. The principal sponsor of the projects is Fauji Foundation.
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Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP represented Kazakhstan in negotiations that have resolved certain disputes with the North Caspian Sea Consortium regarding the development of the Kashagan field, reported to be the world’s largest oil discovery since the 1970s. The agreement also settles related alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
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In the latest of a string of recent hires, Kaye Scholer today announced plans to bring on two New York transactional attorneys: Christopher P. Peterson, who will join the Firm as a Corporate Partner effective June 4, and George M. Williams, Jr., who joined as Finance Special Counsel last week. Both were previously partners with Dewey & LeBoeuf.
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