National law firm Polsinelli Shughart continues its growth with the addition of Shareholder Lauren K. Mack to its Chicago office. Mack concentrates her practice on federal tax matters related to public finance and tax-exempt organizations. Mack joins a deep bench of attorneys with knowledge in all aspects and phases of public finance. She will work closely with fellow healthcare and nonprofit finance attorneys Janet Zeigler and Dana Lach in Chicago, as well as municipal finance attorneys Lisa Quateman and Timothy Reimers who practice in Los Angeles.

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Gas Natural Capital Markets, S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Spanish Ibex-35 company, Gas Natural SDG, S.A., on an issue of new notes with an aggregate principal amount of EUR 750 million under its EUR 12,000 million EMTN programme guaranteed by Gas Natural SDG, S.A.

Mark E. Matthews has joined Caplin & Drysdale as a Washington-based member in the Tax Controversies and Tax Litigation practices. Mr. Matthews was previously a partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP where he worked on tax controversy and litigation matters.

Roger Craig, former Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., has joined Dinsmore’s Columbus office. He will practice as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Practice Groups.

Linklaters advised the Italian UniCredit S.p.A. on its most recent capital increase. With this measure, the large bank reacted to the results of the stress test performed by the European Banking Authority, which had identified the capital gap. A higher Tier 1 capital ratio should help to better absorb the loss and default risk of banks in the future. This capital increase by €7.5 billion has been the largest capital measure ever implemented by an Italian bank.