Global law firm Clyde & Co is delighted to announce that Lynia Lau has joined the firm’s energy and infrastructure team as a partner in Hong Kong.
Tags: Clyde & Co LLP | Hong Kong 
Kirkland & Ellis Acted as Hong Kong Counsel to Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and BOCI in US$580 Million IPO and Hong Kong Listing of Sunshine Oilsands
Kirkland & Ellis acted as the Hong Kong legal adviser to the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and BOCI, in the US$580 million initial public offering of Alberta, Canada, incorporated Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. (Stock code: 2012), which debuted its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today.
Tags: Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Hong Kong 
Proskauer Expands Litigation Practice, Private Investment Funds Capabilities with Addition of Partner Timothy Mungovan in Boston
Proskauer announced that Timothy W. Mungovan has joined the firm as a Partner in the Boston office. Mr. Mungovan was the founder and leader of the Private Fund Disputes team and was formerly the Practice Group Leader of the Commercial Litigation and Financial Services and Securities Litigation Practice Groups at Nixon Peabody.
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Baker & McKenzie Client Fresenius Medical Care Completes Liberty Dialysis Acquisition
Baker & McKenzie client Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, the world’s largest provider of dialysis products and services, today announced that Fresenius Medical Care North America has closed the acquisition of Liberty Dialysis Holdings, Inc., the holding company of Liberty Dialysis and Renal Advantage. The closing follows the completion of the review of the transaction and issuance of a consent decree by the United States Federal Trade Commission. In connection with the consent decree, Fresenius Medical Care intends to divest its interests in 62 dialysis clinics. The acquisition of Liberty Dialysis Holdings Inc. is expected to add annual revenues of around $700 million and 201 clinics to Fresenius Medical Care’s network for an investment, net of proceeds from the divestiture, of approximately $1.5 billion.
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Freshfields Advises CVC Capital Partners on Its Acquisition of Ahlsell
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised leading private equity firm CVC Capital Partners on its agreement to acquire Ahlsell, the Nordic region’s leading technical products wholesaler, from Cinven and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.
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Hogan Lovells Advises Russian Mining Company on the Sale of a 50% Stake in Yaroslavskaya Gornorudnaya Kompaniya
Hogan Lovells advised RGRK (Russian Mining Company) on the sale of a 50% stake in a limited liability company “Yaroslavskaya Gornorudnaya Kompaniya”, the sole producer and supplier of fluorspar concentrate in Russia, to the Hong Kong listed aluminium and alumina giant UC RUSAL. As a result of the deal, UC RUSAL will strengthen its own resource base as it looks to be self-sufficient in raw materials. The deal, which signed in January 2012, will complete in the week of 13 February.
Tags: Hogan Lovells | Moscow 
Morgan Lewis Further Grows Private Investment Funds Practice in London
Morgan Lewis today announced that William Yonge—a leading private investment funds practitioner focusing on financial services regulation—joined the firm as a partner in its Business and Finance practice, resident in London. Mr. Yonge’s arrival at Morgan Lewis comes shortly after funds partner Noel Ainsworth joined the firm in January.
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Michael A. Lacher Joins Anderson Kill & Olick as a Shareholder in the Litigation Group and International Business Department
Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. today announced that Michael A. Lacher, a veteran international corporate and trial lawyer, has joined the firm as a shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Group and International Business Department.
Tags: Anderson Kill P.C. | New York Chadbourne Represents Consortium on Largest Single Stage Wind Farm in Latin America
Chadbourne & Parke represented a consortium including Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund (“MMIF”) on the development and financing of a 396MW wind farm in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. This project is the largest single stage wind farm in Latin America.
Davis Polk – The Korea Development Bank Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KDB Asia Limited and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by The Korea Development Bank of $750 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.5% notes due 2017.
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