Sheppard Mullin partners Jeryl Bowers, Eric Klein and Ken Yood served as counsel to DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney dialysis services, in its $4.42 billion merger with HealthCare Partners, the country’s largest operator of medical groups and physician networks.
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LeClairRyan is pleased to announce the addition of Charles A. Ognibene to its Boston office. He joins the national law firm’s corporate department as a shareholder on the Bank Finance and Lending Practice Area Team. Also joining the firm are associates William B. Dubon and Jessica N. Kennedy. All are formerly of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP.
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International legal practice Norton Rose Group has advised a group of export credit agencies (ECAs), development banks and commercial lenders to the US$4 billion Surgil gas-to petrochemicals project in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
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Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) is delighted to announce the recruitment of James Clibbon, who joins the firm’s London office from Streathers Solicitors.
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Jay B. Martin has joined the firm’s Albany office as a partner in the Insurance Regulatory practice. Martin comes to Manatt from Dewey & LeBoeuf.
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The Firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as sole book-running manager and the other Initial Purchasers in connection with the issuance by Kaiser Aluminum Corporation of $225 million aggregate principal amount of 8.250% Senior Notes due 2020. Kaiser Aluminum intends to use the net proceeds from the notes offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, acquisitions.
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Douglas W. Greene has joined Lane Powell as a shareholder and co-chair of the Securities Litigation Practice Group, where he defends public companies and their directors and officers in securities class actions, litigation concerning mergers and acquisitions, shareholder derivative actions, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and enforcement proceedings. He also advises companies during internal corporate investigations.
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Proskauer announced today the hiring in London of a team of restructuring and insolvency lawyers led by Partners Mark Fennessy and Hazel Miller, who join from Dewey & LeBoeuf, where Mr. Fennessy headed the European Restructuring Practice.
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Clifford Chance’s London and Moscow offices recently advised Russian private bank NOMOS as the borrower in connection with an offering of U.S.$500 million of 10 per cent. loan participation notes due 2019 issued by its subsidiary Nomos Capital plc for the purpose of financing a U.S.$500 million subordinated loan. Proceeds from this transaction are expected to be included in the calculation of NOMOS Bank’s lower tier 2 capital, subject to the Central Bank of Russia’s final approval.
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Pryor Cashman represented East West Bank, a full-service commercial bank serving consumers and businesses throughout the U.S. and in Greater China, in a secured financing of Ultimate Financial Solutions LLC. The transaction closed on May 24, 2012.
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