Littler Opens 53rd Office in the Mountain State

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has opened its 53rd office located in Morgantown, West Virginia, ranked last year by Forbes magazine as the #10 best small city in the nation to conduct business. Shareholder Nick Linn, a West Virginia native, has relocated from Littler’s Dallas office to return home to lead the firm’s efforts in the state. Linn, with more than 24 years of experience practicing employment law, will serve as office managing shareholder.

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Leading Energy/Environment and Real Estate/Land Use Law Firms to Combine Practices

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Van Ness Feldman, A Professional Corporation (Van Ness Feldman) and GordonDerr LLP (GordonDerr) today announced that the law firms are combining their practices under the name Van Ness Feldman, A Professional Corporation.  The combined firm will help a broad, national range of clients successfully navigate the complexities of developing natural resource, energy, infrastructure, and sustainable real estate projects.  The firms expect the combination to be effective by the end of the first quarter of 2012.  For a transitional period, Van Ness Feldman’s Seattle office will operate under the name Van Ness Feldman GordonDerr.

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White & Case Represents Credit Suisse and Santander in US$1.75 Billion Eletrobras Bond Offering

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Global law firm White & Case LLP represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Santander Investment Securities Inc., as initial purchasers and joint bookrunners, in connection with the offer and sale of US$1.75 billion 5.750% senior notes due 2021 by Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA – Eletrobras, the Brazilian government-controlled electricity generation, transmission and distribution holding company and the largest electricity generation and transmission company in Brazil. The notes were offered to qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended) in the United States and institutional and other investors outside Brazil and the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

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Willkie Advises on $3.6 Billion Sale of Advanced Wireless Spectrum to Verizon Wireless

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
On December 2, SpectrumCo, LLC, a joint venture between Willkie client Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its 122 Advanced Wireless Services spectrum licenses covering 259 million points-of-presence (POPs) to Verizon Wireless for $3.6 billion. Willkie is assisting Comcast in obtaining approval from the Federal Communications Commission for the transaction. Comcast owns 63.6% of SpectrumCo and will receive approximately $2.3 billion from the sale. Time Warner Cable owns 31.2% and will receive approximately $1.1 billion, and Bright House Networks owns 5.3% of the company and will receive approximately $189 million.

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Gide Loyrette Nouel Furthers Its Role as Legal Counsel to Mining Group KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. by Advising on Its USD 3.5 Billion Investment in Canada, the United States, and Chile

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Gide Loyrette Nouel Warsaw is advising KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., the world’s ninth-largest producer of copper and third-largest producer of silver, on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in the Canadian mining firm Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. which is listed on the Toronto stock exchange and owns mines in the USA (Arizona and Nevada), Canada (Ontario) and Chile (Sierra Gorda).

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Gide Loyrette Nouel Furthers Its Role as Legal Counsel to Mining Group KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. by Advising on Its USD 3.5 Billion Investment in Canada, the United States, and Chile

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Gide Loyrette Nouel Warsaw is advising KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., the world’s ninth-largest producer of copper and third-largest producer of silver, on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in the Canadian mining firm Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. which is listed on the Toronto stock exchange and owns mines in the USA (Arizona and Nevada), Canada (Ontario) and Chile (Sierra Gorda).

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