Littler Grows Attorneys Ranks in Los Angeles with the Addition of Rebecca M. Aragon

Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Rebecca M. Aragon as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.  Ms. Aragon, formerly chair of the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Venable LLP in Los Angeles, brings more than 20 years of legal experience and will divide her time between the firm’s downtown and Century City offices.

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Dechert Advises EBRD and RUSNANO on First Joint Investment

Leading international law firm Dechert LLP is advising the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Rusnano, the Russian state corporation set up to kick-start the development of innovative technologies, on their joint agreement signed in Moscow today, to finance a new production line that will manufacture energy-saving glass.

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WFW Asia Practice Advises a Syndicate of Banks on a US$479,557,744 Loan Facility to First Ship Lease Trust to Refinance Its 25 Ship Fleet

The Singapore office of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP (“WFW”) is pleased to announce that it has advised a syndicate of banks led by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as agent and UniCredit Bank AG, Singapore Branch as security trustee in relation to a US$479,557,744 term facility provided to FSL Trust Management Pte. Ltd, as trustee-manager for First Ship Lease Trust, to refinance its existing credit facility.

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Simpson Thacher Represents TSG Consumer Partners LLC in Establishing $1.3 Billion Private Equity Fund

Simpson Thacher represented TSG Consumer Partners LLC (TSG) in connection with the completed offering of its sixth fund, TSG6 L.P. (the “Fund”).  The Fund raised $1.3 billion in Limited Partnership Interests. TSG is the recognized leader in the United States in building and investing in leading middle-market branded consumer companies.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises Managers in Amgen’s Offering of Senior Notes

Shearman & Sterling represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several managers in connection with Amgen’s offering of €550,000,000 4.375% Senior Notes due 2018 and £475,000,000 5.50% Senior Notes due 2026. The offering was conducted in accordance with Regulation S.

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Global Law Firm Greenberg Traurig to Open Office in Israel Next Month

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that it will open a new office in Tel Aviv, in early 2012. The firm’s 34th office will provide legal services to clients in Israel who need U.S. and U.K. counsel, as well as legal services from other international jurisdictions. Attorneys in the new office will not practice Israeli law. The office is the first international full-time legal office of its kind in Israel.

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