Chris Dickerson Joins DLA Piper’s Corporate and Finance Practice in Chicago

Wednesday, July 13, 2011
DLA Piper announced today that Chris Dickerson, formerly a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom LLP, has joined the Corporate and Finance practice as a partner in the Chicago office. Dickerson, who has been involved in some of the highest profile bankruptcy filings in recent years, focuses his practice on complex business reorganizations, debt restructurings and insolvency matters.

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Davis Polk – General Dynamics Corporation $1.5 Billion Notes Offering

Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by General Dynamics Corporation of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 1.375% notes due 2015, $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.25% notes due 2016 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.875% notes due 2021. The notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of General Dynamics.

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Winstead Welcomes Jay Brown, Hilary Borow, Steve Wedemeyer and Eight New Associates to the Houston Office

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Law firm Winstead PC has officially hired the 39th lateral attorney for 2011, surpassing their Texas lateral hiring total from 2010 by 18 lateral hires already, and the firm isn’t finished hiring yet. This week, Winstead welcomes shareholders Jay W. Brown, Hilary C. Borow, and Steve Wedemeyer to the commercial litigation practice group. The three shareholders were previously with Beirne, Maynard and Parsons, L.L.P, and are joined by eight associates and eight support staff.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Morgan Stanley as Financial Advisor to Arch Chemicals in its Sale to Lonza

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Simpson Thacher is representing Morgan Stanley as financial advisor to Arch Chemicals Inc. in its sale to Lonza Group Ltd. The transaction is structured as a tender offer for 100 percent of Arch Chemicals’ outstanding shares of common stock at a price of $47.20 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of $1.4 billion. Lonza’s cash offer is subject to customary conditions including the tendering of more than two-thirds of Arch Chemicals’ outstanding shares of common stock and clearance from antitrust regulatory authorities. Lonza expects to complete the tender offer later in 2011.

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Linklaters Advises the German Government Before the Supreme Court – Claims by the City of Berlin in the Amount of €450 Million Rejected

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The German Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) rejected a claim brought by the city of Berlin, according to which the German government should refinance 50% of the credit guarantees which the city council had used over many years for social housing schemes in the German capital. The city council had already been unsuccessful with a test case brought before the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Berlin in October 2009, and the Higher Regional Court had dismissed an appeal against that decision. The Supreme Court has now denied Berlin’s request for leave to appeal (which would have been necessary to file an appeal before the Supreme Court).

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King & Spalding Advises on Major Real Estate Development in Mecca

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
King & Spalding advised Bawabat Makkah Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Balad Al Ameen Company, in a suite of agreements with Sumou Real Estate Company for the development of the first phase of Makkah Gate Project, a $27 billion complex comprising residential areas, a government administrative district, a business district, a shopping area, a university city, research centers, a park and a medical city located on 83 million square meters along the Mecca-Jeddah highway near the western entrance to the holy city of Mecca.

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Paul Hastings Advises Treasury China Trust in Acquisition and Financing of Shanghai Shopping Mall

Monday, July 11, 2011
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised Treasury China Trust (“TCT”), a leading owner, developer and manager of commercial real estate in China listed on the Singapore Stock exchange, in its acquisition and financing of the Huai Hai Mall complex in Shanghai, China. Huai Hai Road is one of Shanghai’s major precincts for high-end and luxury brand retail shops.

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