Davis Polk is advising Eike Batista’s EBX Group on its strategic partnership with Mubadala Development Company. Mubadala will make a $2 billion investment in exchange for a 5.63% preferred equity interest in Centennial Asset Brazilian Equity Fund LLC and other offshore holding companies of Mr. Batista.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New York Haynes and Boone Welcomes Senior Real Estate Practitioner
Veteran real estate attorney David L. Fields has joined the Dallas office of Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group.
Tags: Haynes and Boone, LLP | Dallas Schiff Hardin LLP Welcomes French Practice To The New York Office
Philippe Manteau and Randi S.K. Rosenblatt have joined Schiff Hardin LLP as a Partner and Associate, respectively, in the Corporate and Securities Group from Watson, Farley & Williams in New York.
Tags: Schiff Hardin LLP | New York Venable LLP Lands Prominent Real Estate Partners
Leading law firm Venable LLP announced today that three Real Estate partners – Mitch Evall and Andrew Schmerzler from Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin & Evall LLP (WWBCGE) and Valentin Aguilar II from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP (Manatt) – have joined the firm to spearhead the growth of Venable’s newly established West Coast Real Estate Practice. The experienced team joins Venable’s well-established national Real Estate Group, which includes more than 40 attorneys.
Tags: Venable LLP | Los Angeles Shearman & Sterling Advises SIGMA3 on Three Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling is advising SIGMA3 Integrated Reservoir Solutions Corporation (SIGMA3), a Symphony Technology Group company, on its strategic acquisitions of APEX Petroleum Engineering Inc. (APEXPE), APEXHiPoint LLC., (APEXHP) and HiPoint Reservoir Imaging LLC. (HiPoint). Terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP Shearman & Sterling Advises Jaguar Land Rover PLC on £500 Million High Yield Bond Offering
Shearman & Sterling represented Jaguar Land Rover PLC on its offering of £500 million fixed rate high yield bonds due 2020. Jaguar Land Rover PLC, an indirectly-owned subsidiary of Indian-owned Tata Motors Limited (India), bought luxury carmakers Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover in 2008.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP Hogan Lovells Advises Wabash National Corporation on Its Proposed US$360 Million Acquisition of Walker Group Holdings
Hogan Lovells announced today that a team of its lawyers is advising Wabash National Corporation, one of the leading manufacturers of semi-trailers in North America, on its proposed US$360 million acquisition of Walker Group Holdings LLC, a manufacturer of liquid-transportation systems and engineered products.
Tags: Hogan Lovells | New York Former U.S. Chamber Regulatory Counsel Joins Dinsmore
Reed D. Rubinstein, former Senior Counsel and Regulatory Committee Executive at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has joined Dinsmore’s Washington, D.C. office. He joins the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department, focusing his practice on regulatory and federal advocacy matters.
Tags: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Sutherland Expands New York Insurance Practice with Addition of Six Partners
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today that the firm is significantly expanding its insurance and tax practices by adding six of the country’s leading insurance regulatory, tax and transactional attorneys. James R. Dwyer, Jeffrey H. Mace, John S. Pruitt, Linda A. Sciuto, Cynthia R. Shoss and P. Bruce Wright, are joining the firm’s New York office as partners. All six attorneys were previously partners at Dewey & LeBoeuf.
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