Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that M. Natasha Labovitz has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office and a member of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group. Ms. Labovitz is a seasoned corporate restructuring practitioner and brings significant financial restructuring experience and legal skills to Debevoise, further strengthening the firm’s highly ranked practice. She has particular expertise as debtor’s counsel, having acted as lead debtor counsel in several of the largest chapter 11 cases filed in recent years, including Chemtura Corporation and TOUSA, Inc.

International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that Wall Street veteran, Vivian Maese, has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Group as a partner in New York, and will be responsible for leading the global Outsourcing and Offshoring (O&O) practice. Maese joins Dechert directly from her role as the global head of Morgan Stanley’s Workforce Strategy and Solutions team.

Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in connection with the offering of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of notes issued by Lockheed Martin Corporation. The notes were offered in three tranches maturing in 2016, 2021 and 2041.

Global law firm White & Case LLP represented the US Department of Energy (DOE) in connection with a US$150 million loan guarantee for 1366 Technologies, Inc., a company that develops multicrystalline wafers used in solar cells. The funding will help 1366 Technologies expand its manufacturing capabilities in Massachusetts and build a second US production facility. The company’s innovative manufacturing process, called Direct Wafer, reduces four separate manufacturing steps into a single, continuous process and could significantly reduce wafer manufacturing costs.