Proskauer announced today that Ralph C. Ferrara, one of the nation’s foremost securities and corporate governance lawyers, will join the firm together with his highly regarded colleagues, Partners Ann M. Ashton, Jonathan E. Richman and Tanya J. Dmitronow. All come from Dewey & LeBoeuf, where Mr. Ferrara was the firm’s Vice Chair, and Mr. Richman and Ms. Ashton served as co-heads of its Securities, M&A and Corporate Governance Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Ferrara and Ms. Ashton join the firm’s Washington, DC office, and Mr. Richman and Ms. Dmitronow join its New York office.

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP represented AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC), a preeminent US movie exhibitor, in an agreement to be acquired by Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. (Wanda), a leading Chinese private conglomerate and China’s largest investor in cultural and entertainment activities, in a transaction valued at approximately $2.6 billion.

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is pleased to announce that Kelli L. Moll has joined the firm as a partner and will lead Akin Gump’s well-respected hedge fund practice in New York. Previously, she was a partner in the New York office of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today the addition of shareholder Matthew Cohen to its Energy Section. Cohen was a partner in the corporate practice group of a prominent Texas-based law firm. In the past two years, Buchanan has added more than 20 attorneys to its roster of 80+ energy-focused professionals.

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Saul Ewing LLP is pleased to announce the addition of highly regarded attorney Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark as a partner in the Firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice.

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Shearman & Sterling represented HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint lead bookrunners, and Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento S.A. and Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, as co-managers, in connection with a 144A/Regulation S offering of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.375% Senior Notes due 2019 by Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S.A.

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