Pillsbury today announced that Anthony Schouten and Jeffrey Stern have joined its Finance group as partners in New York. Formerly with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, the highly-regarded partners’ experience includes securitization, derivatives, commodities and cross-border structured financings. Their addition continues Pillsbury’s strategic expansion of its New York office and further strengthens the firm’s capabilities for advising commercial and investment banks, asset managers, private equity funds and global businesses in structured finance.
Tags: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | New York Eric Simonson Joins Blank Rome and Enhances the Firm’s Corporate and Securities Experience
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Eric Simonson has joined the Firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity group. Mr. Simonson has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate finance, technology transactions, general business and corporate law. Mr. Simonson is based in the Firm’s New York office.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | New York Clifford Chance Advises Consortium of Banks on the Issue of Two Bonds by the Republic of Austria
Clifford Chance advised a consortium of banks, led by the joint lead managers Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Raiffeisen Bank International on the issue and listing of two syndicated bonds by the Republic of Austria.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP White-Collar Litigation Partner Amy Conway-Hatcher Joins Kaye Scholer’s D.C. Office
Litigator and former Assistant US Attorney Amy Conway-Hatcher today joined Kaye Scholer as a White Collar Litigation and Internal Investigations Partner in Kaye Scholer’s Washington, D.C. office.
Tags: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Perkins Coie Adds White Collar Partner in Phoenix
Perkins Coie announced today that Jean-Jacques “J” Cabou has joined the firm in Phoenix as Partner in the Investigations & White Collar Defense practice. He joins the firm from Osborn Maledon, P.A.
Tags: Perkins Coie LLP | Phoenix Simpson Thacher Represents Initial Purchasers in Offering of $700 Million Senior Notes by JBS USA, LLC
The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan, in a sale of $700 million of 8.250% Senior Notes due 2020 of JBS USA, LLC, a Delaware corporation, pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Sao Paulo Davis Polk – Eastman Chemical Company $3.5 Billion Bridge Loan Facility in Connection with Acquisition
Davis Polk is advising Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Barclays Capital as joint lead arrangers and joint physical bookrunners of a $3.5 billion senior unsecured bridge loan facility for Eastman Chemical Company, in connection with its acquisition of Solutia Inc.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New York Crowell & Moring’s IP Litigation Practice Expands on Both Coasts with Four Pharmaceutical Attorneys
Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of four attorneys to the firm’s Intellectual Property Group to grow its work in the generic pharmaceutical patent arena. The team includes partner Mark T. Jansen of San Francisco and partner Cedric C.Y. Tan, senior counsel Neil M. McCarthy, and counsel Kristin M. Cooklin of Washington, D.C. The highly esteemed team of litigators and IP counselors join from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, with the exception of McCarthy, who joins from private practice. All were formerly attorneys at Townsend and Townsend and Crew.
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Munsch Hardt Welcomes Jon B. Hyland
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of intellectual property litigation lawyer Jon Hyland who joins the Dallas office of Munsch Hardt as a shareholder. Jon brings with him extensive experience in the field of intellectual property litigation, having represented both domestic and international companies in a variety of intellectual property matters encompassing a wide range of technologies.
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