Davis Polk acted as U.S. law adviser to Warburg Pincus in connection with its investment in Quikr Mauritius Holding Private Limited. Existing investors Matrix Partners India, Norwest Venture Partners and eBay Inc. also participated in this round of fund raising, which is the fifth and the largest round of capital raised and involved an investment of $32 million.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance is acting for Equistone Partners Europe on the sale of Global Blue, to Silver Lake and Partners Group for a consideration of €1billion.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLPInternational law firm Clifford Chance has advised Swiss Re on a GBP 1.4bn longevity insurance contract covering Akzo Nobel’s UK company pension obligations. The contract sees Swiss Re offer protection for Akzo from the risk of having to fund increasing deficits in the defined benefit scheme if UK employees live longer than forecast.
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Global legal practice Squire Sanders has significantly expanded its engineering, procurement and construction practice with the hire of DLA Piper’s team of specialist lawyers from its Birmingham office, including Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) group head, Graeme Bradley.
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Two specialists in international trade, Harry Clark and Clark McFadden, have been brought on board by the Washington D.C. branch of historic law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe L.L.P.
Clark, who will be a partner in the firm, has a wide span of expertise ranging from government contracting regulations and U.S. Treasury Department economic sanctions to anti-money laundering.
Tags: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPKenneth L. Stewart will be taking the title of Chair of the Executive Committee at the international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Lauded for his work with clients on everything from securities transactions to $2.7 billion mergers, Stewart is expected to bring his expertise in client-focused law practice to his new position.
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Jackson Walker L.L.P. is pleased to welcome partner Jeffrey R. Harder to the firm. Mr. Harder joins the Corporate & Securities group in the Houston office.
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Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Domnick Bozzetti, a highly experienced executive compensation and employee benefits partner, has joined the Tax Department in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Bozzetti’s capabilities expand the firm’s ability to advise clients on the federal tax aspects of executive compensation and employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bozzetti also has extensive experience counseling public companies on other executive compensation issues, including disclosure issues in annual proxy statements and other filings.
Tags: Morrison & Foerster LLP | New YorkOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Harry Clark and Clark McFadden, formerly of Dewey & LeBouef, have joined the firm’s corporate practice as partner and senior counsel, respectively, in Washington, D.C.
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Lathrop & Gage LLP announced today that the firm has expanded its practice in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and life sciences with the addition of two partners. Robert Anderson and Ken Zwicker, Ph.D., bring their global transactional and intellectual property expertise in the life sciences to the firm; augmenting the already robust life sciences IP practice of the firm’s Boston office, headed up by Giulio DeConti.
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