International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that leading patent litigation attorney Stephen Shahida has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Shahida joins Weil from McDermott Will & Emery LLP, where he was the local head of IP litigation in their Washington, D.C. office.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has advised Super Retail Group in relation to its recently announced $610 million acquisition of Rebel Group Limited (the owner of the Rebel Sport and A-Mart All Sports) from private equity group, Archer Capital.

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.

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.

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.

We are delighted to announce the recruitment of Susan Farmer, who joins the firm’s London office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Projects & Finance practice, effective 17 October 2011.

International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as initial purchasers, in the offering by BAE Systems plc of notes under Rule 144A and Regulation S, to raise net proceeds of approximately US$1.24 billion. The notes consist of US$350 million of five-year notes paying 3.50%, US$500 million of ten-year notes paying 4.75% and US$400 million of thirty-year notes paying 5.80% (the “Notes”). BAE’s long term credit rating is Baa2 (Moody’s) and BBB+ (S&P).