Leading international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has advised OAO LUKOIL on a project financing of up to $500 million for the Khauzak-Shady and Kandym gas fields in Uzbekistan.
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Curtis Advises Glencore International plc on U.S. Legal Matters in Agreement to Acquire Viterra Inc.
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP advised Glencore International plc, one of the world’s leading integrated producers and marketers of commodities, on U.S. legal matters in its definitive agreement to acquire Viterra Inc., one of the world’s leading global agri-businesses and food ingredients companies.
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Leading Antitrust Attorney and Litigator Eamon O’Kelly Joins Arent Fox in New York
Arent Fox LLP today announced that Eamon O’Kelly has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s litigation and antirust practice groups.
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Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC is pleased to announce the addition of two trial lawyers to its Dallas office. Wade L. McClure and Alan L. Rucker, formerly with Gibson, McClure & Wallace, joined the Firm as Directors on March 30.
Herbert Smith Advises Goldman Sachs, Citi and HSBC on Top-up Placings of Two Hong Kong-headquartered Multinationals
Herbert Smith advised Goldman Sachs (Asia) and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, as joint placing agents, on the sale of 210 million shares of Li & Fung Limited held by its controlling shareholder, Li & Fung (1937) Limited, for HK$3.9 billion (US$502 million) under a top-up placement.
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DLA Piper advises on Samsung Construction & Trading investment in Don Valley
Shearman & Sterling Advises on $1.6 Billion Refinancing for LPL Holdings
Shearman & Sterling advised Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as joint lead arrangers in connection with a $1.6 billion senior secured refinancing for LPL Holdings, Inc. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. acted as joint bookrunners in connection with the refinancing.
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Dechert Guides Medco to Antitrust Clearance for High Profile $29 Billion Merger
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and Express Scripts, Inc. announced today that the companies closed their $29 billion merger, the largest consummated deal of 2012. Dechert developed the antitrust strategy for Medco and guided the company to an unconditional closing after an extensive eight month review that involved the Federal Trade Commission, 32 state attorneys general, and two Congressional committees.
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Partner Tony Toranto Brings Real Estate, Corporate & Energy Expertise to Sheppard Mullin San Diego
Tony Toranto has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group, based in the firm’s San Diego office. Toranto will also be in Sheppard Mullin’s Corporate and Energy groups. Toranto joins from McKenna Long & Aldridge in San Diego.
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King & Wood Mallesons Acts on Mining Industry’s Biggest Ever Deal
King & Wood Mallesons has acted on a game-changing deal in the mining sector, advising on Xstrata plc’s all-share merger with Glencore International plc.
Upon completion, the merger will be the largest of its kind in the mining industry to date and the largest M&A deal (in money terms) worldwide this year.
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