International law firm Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Anthony (Tony) Jacobsen has joined its Shanghai office as a partner, effective November 1, 2011.
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Prominent Life Sciences Lawyer Joins King & Spalding
Gina M. Cavalier, a healthcare lawyer with extensive experience in regulatory counseling to medical device and pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers and suppliers, has joined King & Spalding as a partner in its FDA and life sciences practice, in Washington, D.C., the firm announced today. Cavalier comes to King & Spalding from Reed Smith.
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Emily Stern Joins Katten as Partner in Litigation Practice
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce that Emily Stern has joined the firm’s New York office focusing on litigation and dispute resolution.
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Appleby Advised Softbank Corporation on Settlement Over Alipay
Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Foreign Currency-Denominated Debt Offering by América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V.
The Firm represented underwriters, led by Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and HSBC, in connection with a public offering by América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. of the equivalent of approximately U.S.$2.2 billion principal amount of debt securities denominated in euro and pounds sterling. The debt securities consisted of €1 billion of 4.125% Senior Notes due 2019 and £500 million of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2026.
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DLA Piper Advises Nuplex Industries on the Acquisition of Bayer’s Coating Resins Business
DLA Piper has advised Nuplex Industries Ltd. on the acquisition of the coating resins division of Bayer MaterialScience AG. The transaction includes the purchase of all shares in Viverso GmbH in Bitterfeld together with all assets belonging to this business in various regions throughout the world. The purchase price is €75 million. Located in Bitterfeld, Germany, the production plant for coating resin products went into operation in 1995 and is one of the most modern in the world. Since 2008, Bayer MaterialScience has had its coating resins business combined in Viverso GmbH.
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Davis Polk – Royal Bank of Canada US$2 Billion Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of US$1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.45% senior notes due 2014 and US$750 million aggregate principal amount of senior floating-rate notes due 2014 under its US$25 billion medium-term notes program.
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Winston & Strawn Expands Global IP Litigation Practice with Addition of Alfred Fabricant and Lawrence Drucker to its New York Office
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that it has again expanded its global intellectual property litigation group and regional capabilities with the addition of Alfred Fabricant and Lawrence Drucker as partners to its New York office. Fabricant will head the firm’s IP practice group in New York, as well. They join the firm from Dickstein Shapiro, LLP.
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Marc Bruner Joins Perkins Coie Environmental Practice in San Francisco
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce Marc Bruner has joined the firm as partner in the Environment, Energy & Resources practice. He joins in San Francisco where he previously served as partner at Bingham McCutchen.
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Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has advised Russia’s United TV (UTH) media company on the agreement of a joint venture with The Walt Disney Co to create a Disney-branded Russian television channel early next year, subject to the satisfaction of contractual conditions, including certain regulatory filings.
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