International law firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, represented long-standing client General Electric Co. on its digital energy business’ global alliance with China XD Electric Group, a Shanghai listed company and also one of China’s largest manufacturers of electricity transmission and distribution equipment.
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DAC Beachcroft’s “best friends” law firm in India, KSP, has announced the appointment of two new insurance partners.
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As the NSW Government prepares to lease out its desalination plant, in a considerably tight timeframe, the Sydney desalination is the largest privatisation in NSW history.
Tags: Gilbert, LLPGilbert + Tobin advised the Charter Hall Independent Directors Committee on considering, developing and negotiating the $1.74 billion acquisition via a Court sanctioned and member approved scheme.
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On May 9, Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (Ulta Beauty), the nation’s largest beauty products and services retailer, announced it has priced an underwritten public offering of seven million shares of its common stock held by certain entities associated with Mousse Partners, at a price to the public of $84.00 per share, in a deal valued at $588 million. Willkie represented the selling stockholders, Doublemousse B.V. and Moussetrap. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,050,000 shares from one of the selling stockholders.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance advised Ciments Français on the sale of its 100% stake in Shaanxi Fuping Cement Company Limited (Fuping Cement) to a subsidiary of West China Cement Limited (WCC) for RMB504 million (approximately US$80 million) and its simultaneous investment in WCC, which is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Cohen & Grigsby, a business law firm with headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA and an office in Naples, FL, is pleased to announce that Noland J. Cheung has joined the firm as a director and head of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice.
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A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys advised PlainsCapital Corporation in signing a definitive merger agreement with Hilltop Holdings Inc., a Dallas-based holding company.
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The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that Dr. Karsten Müller-Eising will arrive in the Frankfurt Officein the near future as a partner in the Capital Markets Practice. He comes to the Firm from Hogan Lovells and will be joined by Thomas Stoll and Daniela Schmitt. Together, they will enhance a team of more than 120 capital markets lawyers worldwide. The addition of these three lawyers marks another important step in the expansion of the Firm’s German practice, which has recently attracted attention with the opening of the Düsseldorf Office in February, and the addition of several lateral partners, as well as the promotion of seven lawyers to the partnership in Frankfurt and Munich at the beginning of the year.
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