Hogan Lovells Advises NextEra Energy Resources on the Purchase of One of the World’s Largest Solar Power Projects

Hogan Lovells announced today that it acted as legal counsel for NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the competitive energy subsidiary of long-time client NextEra Energy, Inc., on its purchase of one of the world’s largest photovoltaic solar power projects, the 550 MW Desert Sunlight Solar Farm near Desert Center, CA.

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Litigator Andrew E. Tomback Joins Zuckerman Spaeder LLP’s New York Office

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew E. Tomback is joining the firm as a partner in its New York office. An accomplished attorney with more than 25 years of experience drawn from business, private practice, and government service, Mr. Tomback handles a full range of civil and criminal litigation before the ‎courts, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and various ‎other regulators. He focuses on litigations and investigations involving federal securities ‎laws, complex litigation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and international arbitrations. This news builds on last month’s announcement that Steven M. Cohen, who was most recently Secretary to New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, joined the firm to lead the expansion and development of its New York office. Respected litigator and appellate lawyer Paul Shechtman also joined the firm earlier this week.

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Archer & Greiner Expands Breadth of Intellectual Property Practice

Archer & Greiner, through its recent merger with Herten,Burstein, Sheridan, Cevasco, Bottinelli, Litt & Harz, effective May 2, 2011, togetherwith a lateral hire this summer, has covered the spectrum of technology forwhich the firm provides general counseling, transactional representation, and litigation and prosecution services in all fields of intellectual property law, including rights sounding in patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret.

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Disputes Expert Joins DLA Piper Middle East

DLA Piper Middle East, a global law firm, today announces the appointment of Henry Quinlan as partner and the newest member of its global arbitration practice, based in the Dubai office. The firm’s global dispute resolution practice has 1400 specialists around the world and the recruitment of Henry in the Middle East arbitration team indicates both the important role the region plays in international business, and the growing use of arbitration in the resolution of disputes involving both local and international companies within the region.

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Allens Advises on Year’s Largest Project Financing

Allens Arthur Robinson (Allens) is advising the senior syndicate and mezzanine financiers on the financing of Queensland’s first user-funded coal terminal, the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET). WICET is owned by a consortium of coal exporters advised by ANZ Corporate Advisory.

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Ford & Harrison Opens Nashville Office

Ford & Harrison LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, announced today, that it has opened a new office in Nashville—its 24th location and second office in Tennessee.  The new office will accommodate Ford & Harrison’s continued growth in the state and region and will be led by Managing Partner Louis P. Britt, III.

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Shearman & Sterling Represents Vietcombank in its sale of 15% Post-Money Stake to Mizuho

Shearman & Sterling is representing the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) in its sale of a 15% post-money stake to Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Mizuho), for approximately $567.3 million. Mizuho will subscribe for approximately 347.6 million new ordinary shares of Vietcombank at VND34,000 (US$1.62) per share and will become the sole foreign strategic investor in Vietcombank and largest shareholder in Vietcombank after the government of Vietnam. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012.

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