Matthew Haist has joined Ashurst as a counsel in its New York office. Matthew has extensive experience advising clients on complex domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including acquisition financings, syndicated and bilateral loans, investment grade loans, project financings, trade financings, structured finance deals, and receivables purchases. He is a member of the New York bar and has also worked in Hong Kong. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Julia Smithers Excell as a new partner in London.
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Taylor Wessing has confirmed the opening of its office in Liverpool, bringing its number of offices to 33 in 19 jurisdictions.
The office is located in the city centre and will provide flexible space before long-term requirements are finalised in 2019. More >>
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Paul, Weiss is advising International Business Machines Corp. in its all-cash acquisition of Red Hat Inc., creating the world’s largest hybrid cloud provider. Under the terms of the proposed deal, IBM will acquire Red Hat for $190.00 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $34 billion. The deal represents IBM’s largest-ever transaction.
The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Scott Barshay and Steven Williams and includes corporate partner John Kennedy and counsel Kyle Seifried and Frances Mi; employee benefits partner Lawrence Witdorchic and counsel Jarrett Hoffman; finance partners Manuel Frey and Gregory Ezring and counsel Caith Kushner; tax partners Jeffrey Samuels and Scott Sontag; and intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon and counsel Jonathan Ashtor.
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Vishal Mehta has joined the firm as a partner in its Global Antitrust Law Practice based in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mehta brings a broad range of antitrust experience to Morrison & Foerster, including M&A, investigations, litigation, compliance, counseling, and public affairs. He joins the firm from Baker Botts, where he maintained a full-service antitrust practice with a focus on mergers.
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Goodwin’s Frankfurt office advised Godewind Immobilien AG on the acquisition of a Kirchheim-based office property “Sunsquare” from publity AG by ways of an asset deal. The transaction volume amounts to €30.5 million. The closing is expected by the end of 2018.
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Airtel on a US$1.25bn investment in Airtel Africa by six leading global investors including Warburg Pincus, Softbank, Temasek and Singtel. The deal is one of Africa’s largest cross-border M&A transactions in 2018. Airtel is headquartered in India and is the world’s third-largest mobile network operator, and its subsidiary Airtel Africa is the second largest telecom operator in Africa, with operations in 14 countries and a customer base of 91 million.
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International law firm Bird & Bird today expands its Corporate practice group with the appointment of James Baillieu as a partner in London.
Tags: Bird & Bird LLP | LondonInternational law firm Bird & Bird today appoints highly experienced capital markets lawyer, Ola Lidström as a partner in its International Corporate Group, based in Sweden. Ola’s practice focuses on all aspects of capital markets transactions within the Nordic region and internationally, including initial public offerings, rights issues, underwritings, public take-overs and capital markets regulation. Ola’s practice also includes financial regulation, including private equity fund structures and the cross-border offerings of products and services of asset managers and other financial institutions. Ola is heavily involved in the Life Sciences & Healthcare sector, advising clients on Nordic and international listings, equity offerings and other capital raising transactions. More >>
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Goldberg Segalla, one of the largest and fastest-growing law firms in the United States, recently added eight attorneys to its Global Insurance Services, Employment and Labor, and Management and Professional Liability Practice Groups in Southern California. More >>
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