Cozen O’Connor Adds High Profile Trial Attorney John B. Williams to Washington, D.C., Office

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Cozen O’Connor announced that nationally prominent trial attorney and Jones Day partner John B. Williams will join the firm’s litigation department, practicing out of its rapidly expanding Washington, DC office. Williams litigates complex disputes involving a wide variety of commercial issues, including antitrust, intellectual property, environmental, RICO, defamation, and products liability.

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Paul Hastings Advises on Shuanghui International’s US$2.5 Billion General Offer

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Shuanghui International Holdings Limited (“Shuanghui International”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Shuanghui Group”), including Henan Shuanghui Investment Development Co. Ltd. (“Shuanghui Investment”) which is an A-share company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, in one of the largest public company merger and acquisition transactions in China. The Shuanghui Group is a large-scale food processing company in China whose major shareholders include CDH Investments, Goldman Sachs, Temasek (the Singapore government’s investment firm) and New Horizon (a leading China-focused private equity fund).

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Haynes and Boone Assists Fossil in Acquisition of Skagen Designs

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys assisted Fossil, Inc. in its just-announced agreement to acquire Skagen Designs, Ltd. and certain of its international affiliates for approximately $225 million in cash and 150,000 shares of Fossil common stock. The acquisition, which is subject to certain conditions, including regulatory approval, is expected to be finalized in February.

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Simpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in $800 Million Floating Rate Notes Offering by Kraft Foods Inc.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup, RBS, Barclays Capital, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan, in the public offering of $800 million of floating rate notes due 2013 of Kraft Foods Inc. (“Kraft”). The notes must be redeemed before Kraft spins off its North American grocery business.

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DLA Piper Adds Leading Energy Group to Washington, DC Office

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
DLA Piper announced today the addition of top energy lawyers Kevin Lipson, Lee Alexander, Stefan Krantz, Christopher Schindler and John Lilyestrom to the Energy practice group in the Washington, DC office. The group joins DLA Piper from Hogan Lovells, where Lipson served as the practice area leader of the firm’s Energy practice and co-leader of its Global Energy Industry Group.

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