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.

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.

Chadbourne & Parke represented LS Power in connection with the construction financing of its 127-megawatt Arlington Valley Solar Energy II Project, a crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar project located near Arlington, Arizona.

Shearman & Sterling represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as underwriter of a public offering of 21,000,000 shares of Cheniere Energy, Inc. common stock, with an over-allotment option of 3,150,000 exercised by the underwriter, for a total of 24,150,000 shares.

Shearman & Sterling worked on an offering of investment grade notes of American Tower Corporation, a wireless and broadcast communications infrastructure company with a portfolio of over 45,000 communications sites, including wireless and broadcast towers located in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Ghana, Mexico, Peru and South Africa. Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan and other joint bookrunning managers Citigroup, Mizuho Securities, Morgan Stanley and TD Securities, on the shelf takedown of $700 million of 4.70% Senior Notes due 2022. American Tower Corporation plans to use the proceeds to refinance the existing indebtedness it incurred under credit facilities, which have been used to fund recent acquisitions.