Baker Hostetler Business Associate Stephen T. Olson and Litigation Associate Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky travelled to the West African country of Ghana earlier in October to advise on legal issues concerning the management of that country’s newfound oil wealth. Olson and Ramos-Mrosovsky travelled at the invitation of Oxfam America, a leading international development organization and client of Ramos-Mrosovsky’s.
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Cooley LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Shanghai, China. The office extends the firm’s market leadership in advising innovative companies and investors in sectors spanning software, hardware and mobile technology, digital and social media, life sciences and clean energy into one of the world’s most dynamic and essential markets.
Tags: Cooley LLP | Shanghai Bracewell & Giuliani To Add 14 Public Finance Partners
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today that 14 members of a public finance and related tax and municipal securities practice at Vinson & Elkins LLP will join the firm as partners in January 2012. It is anticipated that other lawyers will join them as counsel and associates. Ben A. Brooks III, W. Glenn Opel and Barron F. Wallace will lead Bracewell’s Texas- and Washington, D.C.-based public finance group.
Tags: Bracewell LLP | Houston IP Litigator Vernon M. Winters to Join Sidley’s San Francisco Office
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Vernon M. Winters will join its San Francisco office as a partner in the intellectual property litigation practice, effective January 1, 2012. Mr. Winters focuses his practice on complex patent and patent license litigation for life sciences companies and technology companies. He has litigated cases in jurisdictions nationwide and has worked with a number of the country’s leading technology companies.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | San Francisco Vinson & Elkins LLP Advises Iraq Oil Ministry in US$17 Billion Basrah Gas Company Joint Venture
Vinson & Elkins LLP and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP are acting as joint counsel to the Ministry of Oil of the Republic of Iraq in connection with the Basrah Gas Company project, a joint venture between South Gas Company (an Oil Ministry affiliate) and affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Mitsubishi Corporation. The transaction agreements were signed on November 27, 2011.
Tags: Vinson & Elkins LLP | Dubai Davis Polk Advises V.F. Corporation on Its $1.25 Billion Revolving Credit Facility
Davis Polk advised V.F. Corporation, V.F. Investments S.a r.l. and VF Enterprises S.a r.l. in connection with a new five-year $1.25 billion multicurrency unsecured revolving credit facility. The facility refinances V.F. Corporation’s existing domestic and international revolving credit facilities and may be used for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions, repurchases of outstanding shares of V.F. Corporation’s common stock and other lawful corporate purposes.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New York Davis Polk Advises CVS Caremark on Its Cash Tender Offer for Its Enhanced Capital Advantaged Preferred Securities
Davis Polk advised CVS Caremark Corporation in connection with its cash tender offer for any and all of its $1 billion outstanding 6.302% enhanced capital advantaged preferred securities. Barclays Capital Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. were the dealer managers for the tender offer.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New York SNR Denton Represents Nefsis Corporation in Sale to Brother Group
SNR Denton announced today that it represented Nefsis Corporation in the sale of the company to the Brother Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-quality printing devices for home office and commercial environments.
Tags: Dentons | Los Angeles Simpson Thacher Represents Initial Purchasers in $800 Million Debt Offering by SESI, L.L.C.
Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and the other initial purchasers in an offering by SESI, L.L.C of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2021, in connection with the $2.7 billion acquisition of Complete Production Services, Inc. by Superior Energy Services, Inc. The offering was conducted pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New York K&L Gates Enters South Carolina with Charleston Office Opening
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has established its 40th office worldwide with the launch of a Charleston office, following the addition of a seven-partner team from Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP.
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