Fulbright represented Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration & Production Corporation, a unit of China’s Sinopec Group, in connection with its purchase from an affiliate of Devon Energy Corporation of an undivided 33.3% interest in, and the development of, approximately 1.2 million acres of oil and gas properties located in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in Mississippi, the Niobrara in Colorado and Wyoming, the Mississippian in Oklahoma, the Utica Shale in Ohio and the Michigan Basin.
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Fisher & Phillips LLP announces its expansion into Massachusetts and Tennessee with the opening of offices in Boston and Memphis. The firm now has 27 offices across the country.
Tags: Fisher & Phillips LLP Clifford Chance Advises Mitsui on Further Acquisition of Water Management and Recycling Business in Mainland China
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Japan’s Mitsui & Co., Ltd., through Galaxy NewSpring Pte. Ltd., a joint venture company equally held by Mitsui and Singapore’s Hyflux Ltd., on the purchase of two of Hyflux’s water treatment companies for US$41.2 million. The agreement was signed on 27 December 2011.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Singapore O’Melveny Represents China Polymetallic Mining Limited in HK$1.46 Billion (US$187 Million) IPO Listing in Hong Kong
O’Melveny & Myers represented China Polymetallic Mining Limited (HKSE:2133) in its HK$1.46 billion (US$187 million) initial public offering on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Tags: O'Melveny & Myers, LLP | Hong Kong Olswang advises Dubai Based Dnata World Travel on Its Acquisition of www.travelrepublic.co.uk
White & Case Represents Bondholders Holding More Than $800 Million of Rescap Secured Debt
Global law firm White & Case LLP today announced it is representing a group of bondholders, including institutional holders and secondary holders, with more than $800 million of secured bonds from Rescap.
Tags: White & Case LLP | New York Wragge & Co Advises ProStrakan on Cross-Border Agreement
Wragge & Co’s Life Sciences team has advised ProStrakan Group plc on a cross-border licensing and distribution agreement with international pharmaceutical company Aptalis Pharma Inc. The deal is Wragge & Co’s first major instruction from ProStrakan, the international specialty pharmaceutical company which is part of the Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd. (KHK) group of companies.
Tags: Gowling WLG | New York Simmons & Simmons Advises Gilde Healthcare Services on Life Science Sector Investments
Simmons & Simmons has advised Gilde Healthcare Services on the investments in Dutch occupational health company VerzuimReductie BV and Dutch physiotherapy chain Fysius Back Clinics BV.
Tags: Simmons & Simmons Jones Day Welcomes Prominent Environmental Law Partner in Chicago
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Tom Skinner has joined the Firm as a partner in the Chicago Office. He formerly served as acting Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as U.S. EPA Region 5 Administrator, and as Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. He most recently was head of the environmental law group at Mayer Brown LLP.
Tags: Jones Day Weil Expands Private Equity and M&A Practice as Eric Schwartzman Joins Silicon Valley Office
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that Eric J. Schwartzman has joined the firm as a partner in its Silicon Valley office. Mr. Schwartzman joins Weil’s Private Equity/Mergers & Acquisitions practice from Latham & Watkins LLP where he was a partner and former co-chair of its corporate department in New York.
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