LeClairRyan Adds Four to Corporate, Trust and Tax Practices

LeClairRyan is pleased to announce the addition of four new employees to its San Francisco office. Joining the firm as shareholders in the corporate and tax practices are Bridget McInerney Harris and L. Randolph Harris. D. Karen Maready joins as an associate, along with legal assistant Georgina M. De Brito, in the same practices. All were formerly with Cooper, White & Cooper LLP.

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Simpson Thacher Represents the Initial Purchasers in $6 Billion Debt Offering by Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by Barclays, Citigroup, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, RBS, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, HSBC and Wells Fargo Securities, in the Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $6 billion aggregate principal amount of notes of Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (“Kraft Foods Group”). The notes will be initially guaranteed by Kraft Foods Inc. (“Kraft”), which guarantee will be automatically released upon the completion of Kraft’s spin-off of Kraft Foods Group to its shareholders.

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Wilson Elser Continues to Bolster Financial Services/Securities Practices; Janene Marasciullo Joins the Firm’s Midtown Manhattan Office

On the heels of hiring a core team of attorneys in the New Jersey-based Financial Services practice, national law firm Wilson Elser has retained another experienced attorney to grow its financial services/securities business. The firm is happy to report that Janene Marasciullo, a seasoned trial attorney and litigator, has joined its Midtown Manhattan office as a partner.

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Milbank Advises on First International Bond Offering by a Vietnamese State‑Owned Bank

Leading international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised Barclays and HSBC as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners on a US$250 million offering of 8.0% Notes Due 2017 by Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank), the country’s second-largest bank by market capitalization. A benchmark transaction for Vietnam, the deal is the first successfully completed international bond offering by a Vietnamese state-owned bank.

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Top Trial Lawyer E. Todd Presnell Joins Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce the continued strategic growth of its Litigation practice group with the addition of leading trial lawyer E. Todd Presnell as a partner in the firm’s Nashville office. Previously chairman of the Litigation Department at Miller & Martin PLLC, Mr. Presnell represents major corporations, small businesses, tax-exempt organizations and individuals. He has served as lead counsel in federal and state courts nationwide.

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