Hogan Lovells has advised the Ecuadorian state-owned energy company, Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC), in the closing of a US$570 million credit loan agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim).
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Davis Polk – Export Development Canada $1 Billion Global Bond Offering
Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.25% U.S. dollar bonds due 2016, issued by Export Development Canada.
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Wragge & Co Advises H2 Equity Partners on Acquiring a Majority Share in Unipart Automotive
Wragge & Co has advised private equity firm H2 Equity Partners on its acquisition of a majority share in automotive car part supplier Unipart Automotive for an undisclosed sum.
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Pillsbury Opens New Office in Abu Dhabi
As part of its Middle East practice, Pillsbury is opening a new law office in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to better serve its clients’ interests in the region and throughout the world. The move expands Pillsbury’s global reach and capabilities in areas such as energy, infrastructure development, finance and international arbitration and dispute resolution. Pillsbury has selected a LEED-gold-certified office tower in Abu Dhabi’s Sowwah Square, a newly-developed island in Abu Dhabi’s financial center, as its newest international address.
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Orrick Adds Nationally Leading Energy Regulatory Team
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Adam Wenner has joined the firm’s market-leading Global Energy & Infrastructure Practice and will serve as partner-in-charge of the firm’s Energy Regulatory Group. Wenner joins the firm’s Washington, D.C. office from Chadbourne & Parke LLP. Amanda Riggs Conner will also join Orrick from Chadbourne and will be Of Counsel.
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Matthew D. Pace Joins Arent Fox’s Sports Practice
Arent Fox is pleased to announce that leading sports attorney Matthew D. Pace has joined the firm as a partner in New York.
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Stephen T. Whelan Brings Significant Structured Finance Experience to Blank Rome
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Stephen T. Whelan has joined the Firm as a partner in the Financial Services group. For more than 30 years, Mr. Whelan has built a substantial practice in the areas of equipment leasing and structured finance, secured lending, and asset securitization. Mr. Whelan is based in the Firm’s New York office.
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Locke Lord’s Nationally Recognized Corporate Insurance Practice Group Adds Two New Lateral Attorneys to its Chicago Office
Locke Lord today announced the addition of two new Corporate Insurance attorneys to its national Corporate Insurance Practice Group, 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.
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Ogletree Deakins Expands Phoenix Office, Adds Mark Kisicki and Thomas Stanek as Shareholders
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that Mark Kisicki and Thomas Stanek have joined its Phoenix office as shareholders. Both join Ogletree Deakins from Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where they were resident in the firm’s Phoenix office. Kisicki and Stanek’s practices are national in scope, with a balance of traditional labor, employment law and litigation. Their arrival deepens Ogletree Deakins’ labor and employment law experience in Phoenix and reaffirms the firm’s status as the “go-to” firm for employers – not merely in Arizona but throughout the nation.
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Clifford Chance advises on Phase II of the financing of a US$10.8 billion integrated aluminium complex in Saudi Arabia, sponsored by Ma’aden and Alcoa
Clifford Chance and Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm have advised the financiers on Phase II of the financing of a US$10.8 billion integrated aluminium complex and related infrastructure, sponsored by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and Alcoa Inc. Phase II involved the financing of a bauxite mine to be developed at Al Ba’itha in Saudi Arabia and an associated alumina refinery, with the combined cost of development being US$3.58 billion. The bauxite mine will be the first such mine in Saudi Arabia and is set to extract up to 4,250,000 tonnes of bauxite ore per annum. The refinery will have an initial capacity of 1,800,000 tonnes of refined alumina per year. Both the mine and refinery are being developed by Ma’aden Bauxite and Alumina Company (MBAC). MBAC is a joint venture between Ma’aden and Alcoa Inc. Once complete, the entire project will be the largest fully integrated aluminium complex in the world, with a refinery, smelter and food-grade can sheet rolling mill located at the Ras Al Khair industrial site (previously known as Ras Az Zawr) in north-eastern Saudi Arabia, fed by bauxite sourced from the Al Ba’itha mine.
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