McDermott Adds Antitrust Firepower in Houston

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that one of the nation’s leading antitrust attorneys, Allan Van Fleet, will join the Firm as a partner in Houston as a member of its Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. Mr. Van Fleet and associate Nicholas G. Grimmer join McDermott from the Houston office of an AmLaw 10 law firm. The two will join McDermott partner and former Department of Justice Antitrust Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Alison Smith and her team in Houston, a “go-to” antitrust firm in Texas.

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Latham White Collar Practice Growth Continues With Addition of New York Partner

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Christopher J. Clark has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Litigation Department. Clark joins Latham with over a decade of experience as federal prosecutor and a private practitioner. Clark has extensive substantive expertise in defending criminal and regulatory investigations, and in providing advice to public companies, hedge funds and investment advisors. Prior to his experience in private practice, Clark served as an Assistant US Attorney in the Securities Fraud Unit of the US Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York from 1999 to 2005.

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King & Wood Mallesons Advises on $2.3bn Sydney Desalination Plant Refinancing

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

King & Wood Mallesons advised Sydney Water and the NSW Government on the successful refinancing of Sydney Desalination Plant for $2.3 billion. KWM worked alongside the other lead advisers Goldman Sachs and KPMG as part of a project team consisting of representatives from the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Treasury, and the Department of Finance and Services. The project team was led by Sydney Water and Chaired by Dr Kerry Schott.

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Hogan Lovells Advises on Massive US$34 Billion Ichthys LNG Project

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Hogan Lovells has been advising JKC Australia LNG (a joint venture between Japan’s JGC Corporation, Houston-based KBR and Japan’s Chiyoda Corporation) in relation to the US$34 billion Ichthys LNG Project in Australia. JKC signed a contract with INPEX earlier this year for the engineering, procurement and construction of the onshore LNG facilities, to be built near Darwin in Australia.

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Sidley Expands its Insurance & Financial Services Group in New York with the Addition of Partners Andrew Holland and Kirk Lipsey

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew Holland and Kirk Lipsey have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Insurance & Financial Services group. Mr. Holland’s practice will focus on insurance regulatory and corporate matters. Mr. Lipsey will focus on insurance industry transactions, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions.

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Joshua Miron Joins Fort Lauderdale Office

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Full service Florida law firm Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce the hiring of Joshua Miron as a partner in its Fort Lauderdale office, in the Business Litigation Group.

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Paul Hastings Represents GE Capital in Financing KPS Capital Partners Acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Waupaca through an Affiliate

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented GE Capital Markets as joint lead arranger and sole administrative agent for financing in support of KPS Capital Partners LP’s acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, Inc., the largest independent iron foundry in the world, from ThyssenKrupp Budd Company through a newly formed company, W Foundry International, Inc.

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Milbank Represents the Initial Purchasers in $146 Million Rule 144A/Regulation S Debt Offering by Arcos Dorados Holdings, Latin America’s Largest Fast-Food Restaurant Operator

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

In another major capital markets transaction in Latin America, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has served as legal advisor to the initial purchasers in a $146 million Rule 144A/Regulation S debt offering by leading Latin American restaurant operator Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc.

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