Mayer Brown Names Stephen Rooney a Co-leader of Insurance Finance Group and Banking & Finance Partner

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that Stephen G. Rooney has joined the firm in New York as a partner and co-leader of the Insurance Finance Group. He also is a member of the firm’s Banking & Finance practice. For more than 20 years, he was a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf in their corporate insurance practice and served as the global chair of the firm’s Structured Finance Practice Group.

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Paul Hastings Announces Opening of Houston Office and Addition of Leading Energy-Focused Transactional Partners

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today the opening of an office in Houston, Texas and the addition of three leading energy- focused transactional partners. The new lawyers all have prominent practices in the energy industry, which will advance the firm’s goal to build a leading energy practice. The launch of the office in Houston follows the recent announcement that the firm was the first U.S. law firm to submit preliminary applications to establish an office in South Korea.

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Clifford Chance Advises Nagarjuna Oil Corporation on Trafigura’s US$130 Million Investment into Its Refinery and Storage Facilities in India

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Limited (NOCL), a member of the Nagarjuna Group, on the investment of up to US$130 million by Trafigura Pte Ltd into NOCL’s oil refinery being constructed in Cuddalore, in the State of Tamil Nadu, India. In addition to Trafigura’s equity investment, Trafigura will invest a further US$120 million into the construction of on-site storage facilities and associated infrastructure required to service the oil refinery.

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