Simpson Thacher Represents EQT VI Limited in Establishing €4.75 Billion Private Equity Fund

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Simpson Thacher represented EQT VI Limited in the establishment of the EQT VI Fund (the “Fund”).  The Fund raised approximately €4.75 billion of commitments and its strategy will be similar to its predecessor fund with a focus on control investments in high-quality, market leading, medium-sized to large companies in growing industries in Northern and Eastern Europe.  The fund raising is, according to media reports, the biggest European buy-out fund raising to have a final close since the height of the financial crisis.

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SNR Denton Advises Bakken Oil Express in Rail Loading Facility

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
SNR Denton announced today it advised Bakken Oil Express LLC (BOE), a subsidiary of Lario Logisitics LLC, owner of The Bakken Oil Express Rail Hub, the first multiple shipper operation in North Dakota for loading crude oil onto unit trains, on the successful completion of a long-term anchor shipper agreement with Eighty-Eight Oil LLC.

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Littler’s Washington, D.C. Office Bolsters Ranks with the Addition of Joshua B. Waxman

Monday, October 17, 2011
Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Joshua B. Waxman as a shareholder to its Washington, D.C. office. Formerly a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Waxman focuses his practice on complex class action and employment litigation, as well as traditional labor law matters. The arrival of Waxman raises the total number of attorneys practicing out of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office to 29.

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WFW Advises Teekay LNG Partners LP and Marubeni Corporation on Their $1.4bn Acquisition of AP Moller Maersk’s LNG Shipping Fleet

Monday, October 17, 2011
Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised a joint venture formed by its long term client Teekay LNG Partners LP, and Marubeni Corporation, on its successful bid to acquire of A.P. Moller Maersk’s LNG shipping fleet, at a value of $1.4bn. Teekay will have 52% of the joint venture.

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WFW Advises Teekay LNG Partners LP and Marubeni Corporation on Their $1.4bn Acquisition of AP Moller Maersk’s LNG Shipping Fleet

Monday, October 17, 2011
Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised a joint venture formed by its long term client Teekay LNG Partners LP, and Marubeni Corporation, on its successful bid to acquire of A.P. Moller Maersk’s LNG shipping fleet, at a value of $1.4bn. Teekay will have 52% of the joint venture.

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