Simpson Thacher Represents Initial Purchasers in ViaSat, Inc.’s $275 Million Senior Notes Offering

The Firm represented joint book-running managers J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, and co-manager BBVA, in connection with the issuance by ViaSat, Inc. of $275 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020.  ViaSat intends to use the net proceeds from the notes offering to repay outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes, which may include financing costs relating to the purchase, launch and operations of additional satellites or satellite capacity, potential acquisitions, funding subscriber acquisition costs, working capital or capital expenditures.

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Mayer Brown Adds William Michael, Jr. as Partner in Chicago and a Co-leader of White Collar Defense Group

Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that William Michael, Jr. has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and as a co-leader of the White Collar Defense & Compliance group. Previously, he was a partner at  Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis, where he co-led that firm’s white collar crime and civil fraud group.

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Stroock’s Entertainment Practice Expands Into Miami; James G. Sammataro and Courtney Caprio Join Stroock

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, announced the addition of James G. Sammataro as a Partner in the firm’s Entertainment group in Miami, effective immediately. Courtney Caprio will also be joining Stroock as a Senior Associate in the firm’s entertainment group.

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Morgan Lewis Continues Expansion in Southern California with Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigator

Morgan Lewis today announced that Collie James—the lead trial lawyer defending Pepsi against a series of Erin Brokovich toxic tort suits brought in California regarding a subsidiary holding—will join the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice, resident in Irvine. His arrival continues the firm’s recent expansion in the Golden State, where it has added more than half a dozen partners over the past year, and in Orange County in particular, where the firm has doubled its presence since 2010.

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Linklaters Advises on EUR 206bn Greek Debt Exchange – the World’s Largest Ever Debt Restructuring Exercise

Linklaters is advising Deutsche Bank and HSBC on the restructuring of EUR 206bn Greek Government debt, in accordance with the Eurozone’s second ‘bail-out’ package for Greece.  The deal – which was described by Charles Dallara, the Managing Director of the Institute of International Finance as a deal “unprecedented in its size and scope” – is not only the world’s largest ever debt restructuring exercise, but it is also the world’s largest ever liability management transaction.

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Maddocks Canberra Office Open

Maddocks has today announced the opening of the new Canberra office to service its growing list of Commonwealth clients. This is the third office for the firm who opened its first office in Melbourne over 126 years ago, followed by the establishment of the Sydney office in 2002.

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