Locke Lord’s San Francisco Office Adds a Third Veteran Attorney to Nationally Recognized Corporate Insurance Practice Group

Friday, November 11, 2011
Locke Lord today announced the addition of another new Partner to its Corporate Insurance Practice Group, welcoming experienced attorney Elizabeth A. Tosaris to its San Francisco Office. She is the third high-caliber insurance regulatory attorney added recently to a practice that counts more than 50 lawyers who devote a substantial portion of their transactional, corporate, securities, investment management, tax and regulatory practices to representing the insurance industry. Tosaris’ colleagues, Partner Paige Waters and Of Counsel Stephanie M. O’Neill Macro, joined Locke Lord’s Chicago Office late last month.

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Porter Hedges Represents Management Group in the $1 Billion Private Equity Backed Formation of Maverick American Natural Gas

Friday, November 11, 2011
Porter Hedges represented a management and investor group in the formation of Maverick American Natural Gas (Maverick). Maverick is a new $1 billion private equity backed acquisition fund formed for the purpose of acquiring, operating, and developing conventional natural gas reserves in North America. The management and investment group was led by oil exploration and production entrepreneur Dan A. Hughes, Jr. who partnered with energy acquisition and development executive Thomas M. Hart and global private equity firm TPG Capital. Mr. Hughes will serve as Maverick’s Chairman and Mr. Hart will serve as its President.

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Represents Spartan Capital Holdings in Finalizing the Acquisition of Polkomtel – Europe’s Largest LBO Since 2008

Friday, November 11, 2011
Dewey & LeBoeuf has represented Spartan Capital Holdings, indirectly controlled by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak, in signing the share purchase agreement which finalizes the PLN 18.1 billion acquisition of Polkomtel, Poland’s second-largest mobile network operator. The agreement has been signed with Polkomtel’s previous shareholders: PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, PKN Orlen, KGHM Polska Miedź, Węglokoks and Vodafone.

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Former Congressman Tom Loeffler Joins Akin Gump

Thursday, November 10, 2011
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Loeffler (R-TX) has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the firm’s public law and policy practice. Most recently, Mr. Loeffler was co-chairman of the global business advisory company GrayLoeffler, LLC. Mr. Loeffler will practice both in the firm’s Washington, DC, and San Antonio, TX, offices.

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Davis Polk – Spectrum Brands Senior Secured Notes Offering

Thursday, November 10, 2011
Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as the initial purchaser on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Spectrum Brands, Inc., of $200 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.5% senior secured notes due 2018. The notes are guaranteed by Spectrum Brands’ immediate parent company and by certain of its subsidiaries and are secured by first-priority liens on substantially all of the assets (other than accounts receivable and inventory) of Spectrum Brands and the guarantors and by second-priority liens, behind Spectrum Brands’ $300 million asset-based revolving credit facility due 2014, on their accounts receivable and inventory.

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