K&L Gates Combines with Italian Firm of Marini Salsi Picciau, Adding Milan Office

Thursday, February 2, 2012
Partners of the global law firm K&L Gates LLP and the Italian firm Marini Salsi Picciau Studio Legale (MSP) have agreed to a combination of firms, giving K&L Gates its 41st office worldwide – and eighth in Europe – in the Italian industrial and financial center of Milan. It is also K&L Gates’ eighth new office in the past two years, following openings in Warsaw, Tokyo, and Moscow during 2010; and Brussels, Doha, São Paulo, and Charleston, S.C., in 2011.

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Holland & Knight Expands South Florida Litigation Practice with Addition of Prominent Attorneys Jesús Cuza and Ina María Berlingeri

Thursday, February 2, 2012
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Jesús E. Cuza and Ina María Berlingeri have joined the firm as partners in the South Florida Litigation Practice Group. Both attorneys will maintain offices in Miami and Fort Lauderdale and work closely with the firm’s Commercial Litigation, International Litigation and Arbitration and Latin America Teams. They were previously shareholders with Greenberg Traurig.

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Herbert Smith Advises SIPC on Its US$1.1 Billion Increase in Equity in APLNG Deal

Thursday, February 2, 2012
Herbert Smith’s China energy team has advised Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration & Production Corporation (“SIPC”) on the subscription through its subsidiary for additional shares in Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd for a net consideration of approximately US$1.1 billion, which on completion will raise Sinopec’s ownership interest from 15% to 25%. ConocoPhillips’ and Origin Energy’s respective ownership interests will be reduced to 37.5%.

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Freshfields Advises Shui On Land Limited on Its Offering of Singapore Dollar-denominated Notes

Thursday, February 2, 2012
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Shui On Land Limited, a Hong Kong-listed leading property developer, on its international offering of S$250million in Singapore Dollar-denominated notes to institutional investors in Asia. The notes are issued by Shui On Development (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Shui On Land Limited.

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Covington Advises SandRidge in $1.275 Billion Acquisition of Dynamic Offshore Resources and Related Financing

Thursday, February 2, 2012
Covington & Burling advised SandRidge Energy, Inc. on its announced acquisition of Dynamic Offshore Resources, LLC for $1.275 billion in cash and stock. Under the agreement, SandRidge will pay about $680 million in cash and approximately 74 million shares of SandRidge common stock valued at $8.02 per share. Covington also advised SandRidge on the related $725 million in committed financing from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and Royal Bank of Scotland that the Company may use to fund the cash portion of the consideration.

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Goodwin Procter Expands Intellectual Property Litigation Practice with Addition of New Partners in Los Angeles

Thursday, February 2, 2012
Goodwin Procter today announced that Terry D. Garnett and Vincent K. Yip have joined the firm’s Litigation Department in its Los Angeles office as partners in Goodwin’s Patent Litigation Practice. They will both focus on high-stakes patent litigation and licensing matters with an emphasis on the information technology industry.

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