Ropes & Gray is representing Bain Capital on the private equity firm’s acquisition of MYOB, Australia’s largest business software developer, announced on Aug. 21.
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Life Sciences Team Joins Michael Best
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP has added a team of six life sciences attorneys and other professionals to its Chicago office, bolstering the firm’s already robust Life Sciences Practice. The group, formerly with the law firm of Polsinelli Shughart in Chicago, is made up of two partners (Lisa Mueller and Paul Jenny), two associates (Todd Hofmeister, Ph.D., and Joseph Pletcher, Ph.D.), a paralegal (Janelle Wiggins), and a legal assistant (Laura Czech). All are joining the firm effective immediately.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises DOE on Loan Guarantee to SoloPower
Shearman & Sterling advised the United States Department of Energy (DOE) in connection with the issuance of a $197 million loan guarantee to SoloPower, Inc. in support of the construction and operation of state-of-the-art thin-film solar module manufacturing facilities at two sites in Portland, Oregon and an existing site in San Jose, California.
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Jenner & Block Represents General Dynamics in Acquisition of Leading Healthcare IT Provider
Jenner & Block recently represented General Dynamics Corporation in its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Vangent Holding Corp., in a cash transaction valued at approximately $960 million. The acquisition is expected to close by the beginning of October 2011. Vangent Holding Corp. is the parent company of Vangent, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare information technology and business systems to federal agencies, including the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, Labor, State and Defense.
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$516.7 Million Judgment Entered in Morgan Lewis Victory for Asahi
Today, California Superior Court Judge Marie S. Weiner (San Mateo County) entered a $516.7 million judgment in favor of Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. in the case Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. v. Actelion Ltd., et al., bringing to a close the trial in Asahi’s state-court lawsuit against Swiss drug maker Actelion and various of its executives and subsidiaries. Asahi’s trial team was led by Morgan Lewis San Francisco partners Christopher Banks, Rollin Chippey, II, and Benjamin Smith, and associate Tera Heintz. New York partner Alan Neuwirth is responsible for the firm’s long-term relationship with Asahi Kasei.
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Orrick’s China Corporate Team Continues Growth with New Additions in Beijing and Shanghai
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Orrick) announced today that a corporatetransactional team led by partner Thomas Man has joined the firm’s China corporate practice, based in Beijing. An accomplished and highly respected China corporate lawyer, Mr. Man focuses on inbound and outbound M&A and complex cross-border transactions representing Chinese and international companies.
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Noted Corporate Energy Attorney Robert Eickenroht Joins Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell as Houston Partner
Longtime corporate and securities attorney Robert Eickenroht has joined the Houston Office of Locke Lord as a Partner in its growing Corporate Energy Practice Group. Eickenroht has practiced law for more than 25 years and has a broad-based corporate securities practice focused on general corporate and partnership law, merger and acquisition transactions, joint ventures, equities and energy.
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Phillips Lytle LLP Enters Canadian Market with Office in Waterloo Region, Ontario
Phillips Lytle LLP, one of the region’s best-known law firms, today announced it has established an office in Waterloo Region, Ontario.
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Michael Niebruegge, Leading Practitioner in Energy Finance, Joins Cadwalader
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, today announced that it has added one of the foremost attorneys in energy finance, Michael Niebruegge, to the Partnership. Mr. Niebruegge will bring his expertise in financing oil and gas production and reserve-base lending to Cadwalader’s newly formed Energy and Commodities Advisory Practice.
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Mayer Brown JSM Advised Swire Properties Limited on the Sale of Festival Walk
Mayer Brown JSM is pleased to announce that it advised Swire Properties Limited on the sale of Hong Kong’s Festival Walk to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mapletree Investments Ptd Ltd (“Mapletree”) for a cash consideration of HK$18.8 billion. Completion took place on 18 August 2011.
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