Chadbourne represented WAMEX Private Equity Management L.L.C. on the formation of Multinational Industrial Fund II, L.P., which held its final closing in March 2012. The fund represents the second private equity fund raised by WAMEX, and was formed to make growth equity investments in a broad spectrum of sectors throughout Mexico.
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Paul Hastings Advises BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. in Follow-On Public Offering
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes innovative biopharmaceuticals for serious diseases and medical conditions, in connection with its underwritten offering of 6,500,000 shares of common stock. In connection with launching the offering BioMarin estimated the offering would raise gross proceeds of approximately $249 million before costs.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLPKendall Law Group Hires Matthew Scott to Head Employment Law Practice
Dallas law firm the Kendall Law Group named Matthew Scott to lead the employment law section, according to a press release.
Scott, a 17-year veteran, comes aboard for the Dallas legal job that widens the scope of the firm’s employment discrimination practice.
Tags: DallasBoston Law Firms Expand with New Hires
Boston is a city that is rich in cultural history. It has been an important political and economic center since the onset of the American Revolution, and companies continue to flock to the northeast to pursue business opportunities. Recently, law firms are experiencing a surge in hiring and legal recruitment as they seek to find legal professionals to keep up with the burgeoning American economy.
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Cooley Announces Additions to Shanghai Office
Cooley LLP, a leading US law firm with deep roots in Silicon Valley, announced today that newly-elected partner, Christina Zhang, and associate Benjamin Qiu will join Cooley’s Shanghai office. Zhang and Qiu will be part of the international firm’s Business & Technology practice group, and will work closely with partners Brad Peck and Patrick Loofbourrow, who founded Cooley’s Shanghai office in December 2011.
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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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Shearman & Sterling Represents Media General in Financing Deal with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
Shearman & Sterling represented Media General, Inc., a publicly traded media company, in connection with financing agreements reached with Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
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McDermott Paris Office Expands with Arrival of Seven New Lawyers
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the arrival of three new partners and four new associates at its rapidly growing Paris office. As the office recently celebrated its first anniversary, the new arrivals strengthen the Firm’s capabilities in the areas of corporate, tax and dispute resolution law.
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Linklaters Advises Aggreko on Pioneering Power Supply Project
Linklaters has acted as international counsel to Aggreko in a ground-breaking scheme involving the construction and operation of an interim power plant supplying power to Eskom, the South African power company and Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), the Mozambique power utility.
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