Two partners are set to fill Hong Kong legal jobs for international law firm DLA Piper, according to a press release.
Joyce Chan and Heng Loong Cheong are leaving jobs closely associated with Dewey & LeBoeuf.
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Davis Polk – Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation $500 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering and Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant Transactions
Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation (Medicis) of an aggregate principal amount of $500 million of 1.375% convertible senior notes due 2017, which included $50 million aggregate principal of notes from the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. In addition, Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as counterparties to convertible note hedge and warrant transactions with Medicis in connection with the convertible senior notes offering.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk Advises EQT on Its Sale of Dako to Agilent Technologies
Davis Polk is advising EQT V in connection with its sale of Dako A/S to Agilent Technologies Inc. for a total enterprise value of 12.8 billion Danish kroner ($2.2 billion). The transaction is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
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Goodwin Procter Expands Private Investment Funds Practice With Addition Of Thomas A. Beaudoin In Boston
Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, today announced that Thomas A. Beaudoin has joined the firm’s Business Law Department in its Boston office as a member of Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds Practice. A leader in the field of fund formation, Beaudoin will further expand his work with venture capital funds, private equity funds and institutional investors across the U.S., Europe and Israel.
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Veteran Environmental Attorney Thomas G. Echikson Joins LeClairRyan
Thomas G. Echikson has joined LeClairRyan as a partner in the Environmental and Compliance, Investigations and White Collar Defense Practice Area teams. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Tags: LeClair Ryan, PCFormer Federal Agent Brian J. Halpin Joins LeClairRyan
Brian J. Halpin has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a partner in the Discovery Solutions Practice. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Newark office.
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Proskauer Represents Banco GNB Sudameris in $400 Million Acquisition of HSBC Assets in Latin America
Proskauer advised Banco GNB Sudameris S.A., a Colombian banking institution, on its $400 million acquisition of HSBC Bank’s operations in Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The transaction involves 62 offices and assets of approximately $4.4 billion.
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Ashurst Makes Significant Partner Appointments to Its Financial Services Team
The appointment of new partners Robert Ritchie and Shawn Wytenburg to Ashurst in Sydney is a key step in the firm realising its vision of creating a pre-eminent Financial Services practice.
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Clifford Chance Advises AEI on Sale of China Gas Distribution Business
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised AEI Asia Ltd. (“AEI”) on the entry into an agreement for the sale of its China gas distribution business to China Resources Gas Group Limited for US$237 million. The transaction is particularly complex with 40 target companies engaged in gas sales, distribution and transportation in Mainland China. AEI China Gas Group operates 28 city gas projects, 8 gas stations and 4 midstream gas transmission pipeline projects in 11 provinces in mainland China.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $16 Billion Initial Public Offering of Facebook
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters in the initial public offering of Facebook, Inc., which is the largest technology offering ever and the third largest IPO in U.S. history. The offering priced at $38.00 per share, which was the top of the indicative price range, and opened for trading on NASDAQ on May 18, 2012. Facebook sold 180,000,000 shares and selling stockholders sold 241,233,615 shares. Facebook and the selling stockholders also gave the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 63,185,042 additional shares to cover over-allotments. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman, Sachs & Co., BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Allen & Company LLC, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank Securities were bookrunners for the offering.
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