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 Expands Insurance Regulatory Practice in Albany
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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Simpson Thacher Represents J.P. Morgan and Other Initial Purchasers in Kaiser Aluminum Corporation’s $225 Million Senior Notes Offering
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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Greene Joins Lane Powell’s Securities Litigation Practice Group
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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Leading Business Solutions, Restructuring and Bankruptcy Team Joins Proskauer in London
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 Advises Russia’s NOMOS on Record $500m Bond Issue
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 Represents East West Bank in Secured Financing of Ultimate Financial Solutions LLC
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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Paul Hastings Advises China Everbright on Greenway Venture Share and Loan Disposal
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.
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Paul 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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New Partner Nicolas Bombrun Expands Shearman & Sterling’s M&A Practice in Paris
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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