Dewey & LeBoeuf represented Grupo Lamosa, S.A.B. de C.V., the largest tile manufacturer in Mexico, in connection with the refinancing of acquisition indebtedness incurred in 2007. Grupo Lamosa is a major supplier to the ceramic tile industries in Mexico and the U.S., as well as a manufacturer of ceramic fixtures and adhesives. While the decline in housing construction has affected Grupo Lamosa’s results, operational efficiencies and the new debt profile are expected to further improve the Company’s capital structure. The refinancing involved what was originally a $900 million senior and subordinated debt facility, including a syndicate of banks led by Scotia Bank and pension funds as subordinated debt holders.

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Erika L. Morabito has rejoined the firm’s Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Morabito rejoins Foley from Patton Boggs LLP.

Linklaters has advised a banking syndicate in relation to the acquisition of a liquid natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification terminal in Altamira, Mexico by a joint venture of Vopak (60%) and Enagás (40%).

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that longstanding client DuPont has won a $919.9 million trade secret theft case against Kolon Industries. Crowell & Moring LLP and McGuireWoods LLP served as co-counsel to DuPont on the case. The Crowell & Moring trial team was lead by Litigation Group partner Michael J. Songer and partners Kent A. Gardiner, Stephen M. Byers, and Terence P. Ross of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, led by Tokyo-based Global Project Finance partner Mark Plenderleith, represented the lenders.