Shearman & Sterling Advises on Petrobras Global Notes Offering

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Shearman & Sterling represented lead managers BB Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Itau BBA USA Securities, JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley and Santander Investment Securities, all acting as joint bookrunners, and Banco Votorantim Nassau Branch, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, acting as co-managers, in connection with an SEC registered issuance by Petroleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, and its wholly owned finance company of a record U.S.$7 billion in debt securities, the largest one-time debt offering ever by a Latin American issuer and among the largest debt offerings to date in 2012.

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Van W. Ellis Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Washington, D.C. Office, Continuing Expansion of Global Life Sciences Platform

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Van W. Ellis, a leading life sciences lawyer who specializes in technology-based collaborations, joint ventures and licensing arrangements, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. Mr. Ellis is a former Associate General Counsel of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the nation’s largest non-profit biomedical research organizations.

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Ginger Heyman Pigott Joins Greenberg Traurig’s National Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice in Los Angeles

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Ginger Heyman Pigott has joined the Los Angeles office as a shareholder. Pigott will work closely with Lori G. Cohen, chair of Greenberg Traurig’s national Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice Group and co-chair of the firm’s Atlanta Litigation Practice. Pigott was previously a partner at Reed Smith. She represents national and international pharmaceutical and medical device companies in products liability and commercial litigation matters.

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Freshfields Advises Yum! on Takeover of Little Sheep

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Yum! Brands Inc., a U.S.-based fast food company and owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains, on its US$570 million acquisition of Little Sheep Group Ltd., a Hong Kong-listed, Mongolian hot-pot restaurant operator. The privatization scheme was approved by shareholders in January and the scheme became effective on 1 February having been sanctioned by the Grand Court in Cayman Islands.

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