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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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Robert H. Bernstein has joined its New Jersey office as a shareholder in the Labor & Employment Practice.

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Ashurst is pleased to have assisted Australia’s second largest energy business, AGL, in securing clearance from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to fully acquire Great Energy Alliance Corporation Pty Ltd (GEAC) in a deal valued at $3.1 billion.

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Allen & Overy today announces its intention to open two offices in Vietnam (in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi) following receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals and the strategic hire of leading Vietnamese lawyer, Dao Nguyen.

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Dechert LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Chicago with the arrival of three securities litigation partners there. Moving to Dechert are David H. Kistenbroker, Joni S. Jacobsen and Carl. E. Volz, all previously with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

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