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.
Proskauer Opens Beijing Office
Global law firm Proskauer announced today that it has expanded its global capabilities and Asia practice with the opening of an office in Beijing.
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Former Congressman Tom Loeffler Joins Akin Gump
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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Baird Fogel has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s San Francisco office as a partner in the firm’s project finance and renewable energy practice. Previously, Mr. Fogel was general counsel with BP Solar.
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K&L Gates Welcomes Spokane Corporate Partner
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Christian M. Lucky as a corporate partner in its Spokane office. Lucky joins K&L Gates from Stoel Rives LLP.
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Covington Advises Salix Pharmaceuticals in $300M Acquisition of Oceana Therapeutics
Covington & Burling represented Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. in its agreement to acquire Oceana Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held global provider of gastroenterology and urology therapeutics, for $300 million in cash.
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Davis Polk – Spectrum Brands Senior Secured Notes Offering
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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Ropes & Gray Acts for Liberty Global Companies on Financings Totaling US$1.25 Billion
Ropes & Gray recently represented UPC Financing Partnership on a US$500 million term loan facility and represented UPCB Finance V Limited in connection with the issuance of its US$750 million 7.25% senior secured notes due 2021.
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Perkins Coie Opens Office in Taipei, Taiwan
Perkins Coie Foreign Legal Affairs Attorneys at Law announced today that it has opened a new office in Taipei, Taiwan, to expand Perkins Coie’s Asia practice and to better serve its Taiwan-based clients, particularly in patent litigation and other intellectual property matters. The office is located in the Taipei 101 Tower.
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The Dallas office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Jason D. Krieser and Shawn C. Helms as partners in the firm’s outsourcing and commercial transactions practice. Both join K&L Gates from Jones Day.
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