Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. is pleased to announce that Galit Kierkut, formerly of Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, joined the Firm as a Member of the Employment and Labor Practice Group.
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Wragge & Co Boosts Paris Office with Two Director Hires
Wragge & Co has strengthened its Paris office with the appointment of two directors.
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Latham & Watkins represented Qatar National Bank (QNB), 50% owned by the State of Qatar, in connection with the establishment of QNB Finance Ltd.’s US$7.5 billion Euro Medium Term Notes program guaranteed by QNB. This follows the November 2010 debut bond offering by QNB Finance Ltd., guaranteed by QNB, of US$1.5 billion 3.125% Senior Notes due 2015. Notes issued under the program will be admitted to the official list of the London Stock Exchange.
Proskauer Represents Iochpe-Maxion In $725 Million Cross-Border Acquisition Agreement
Proskauer is representing Iochpe-Maxion, a publicly traded Brazilian auto parts and railway equipment manufacturer, in the transaction announced on October 6, 2011 in which Iochpe would acquire Michigan-based Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. for approximately $725 million.
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Simpson Thacher Represents EQT VI Limited in Establishing €4.75 Billion Private Equity Fund
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
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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Weil Grows Patent Litigation Practice with Addition of Stephen Shahida as Partner
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.
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Wragge & Co has appointed Gurmeet Kaur as its new head of projects in the United Arab Emirates. The move, which sees the former DLA Piper partner join Wragge & Co Legal Consultants LLC, follows the firm’s launch of a Dubai office in September.
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Mallesons Advises Super Retail Group on $610m Acquisition of Rebel Group Ltd
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.
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