Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised China Everbright International Limited (“China Everbright”), a company whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on the disposal of its 80% interest in Greenway Venture Limited (“Greenway”) and its shareholder’s loan due from Greenway for approximately RMB384.8 million and HK$188.6 million respectively to TransGlobal (Asia) Holdings Limited.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment and dismissal in favor of its client, Invensys plc, a UK-based technology group, in a long-running case arising from the sale of a business.
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Shearman & Sterling has announced that Nicolas Bombrun will be joining the firm shortly as a partner in the firm’s Paris office. The addition of Bombrun will further strengthen the firm’s mergers and acquisitions capabilities and its private equity practice.
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Global legal practice Squire Sanders has significantly expanded its pensions practice across the UK with the hire of two new partners: Anthea Whitton, who will join the Leeds office from Pinsent Masons and Helen Miles, who will join the Birmingham office from DLA Piper.
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On July 1st, Patricia Santon will be the first woman elected to Baker Botts’ Dallas office Partner in Charge position.
Stanton is well known as a successful commercial real estate lawyer and already holds several positions at Baker Botts in Dallas. She has worked both in the U.S. and abroad on a variety of real estate projects, from first rate hotels to tenant lease negotiations.
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DLA Piper today announced that Michael Torosian has joined the Corporate and Finance practice as a partner in the Silicon Valley office.
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Rogelio Carrasquillo and Felipe Berer have joined Akerman Senterfitt’s Corporate Practice Group and Latin America & the Caribbean Practice as shareholder and of counsel respectively. Carrasquillo will be based out of the firm’s New York office and Berer out of the firm’s Miami office.
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Expanding its Intellectual Property Department in the nation’s capital, Fox Rothschild LLP welcomes partner Jeff E. Schwartz to its Washington, DC office.
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Vinson & Elkins LLP advised Uz-Kor Gas Chemical LLC on the development, financing, and construction of its USD 3.9 billion integrated upstream gas and petrochemical complex in the Ustyurt region of Uzbekistan, which is scheduled to come on stream in 2016. The project reached a critical milestone on May 19, 2012, when Uz-Kor and its lenders signed key finance documents for the USD 2.54 billion project debt financing of the project. The financing features limited recourse to the project sponsors and door-to-door tenors of up to 16 years.
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AarhusKarlshamn (AAK)—one of the world’s leading producers of high value-added specialty vegetable oils and fats—announced that it will strengthen its position in the North American Food Service market by acquiring Oasis Foods Company.
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