Milbank Advises International Banking Consortium on €20bn Financing for Volkswagen

Friday, December 4, 2015

The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised an international banking consortium led by Citibank Global Markets Limited and UniCredit Bank AG as coordinators, bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers on a syndicated revolving credit facility for the German car manufacturer Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg. The unsecured facility has a volume of € 20 billion and is provided by a total of 13 international banks, including leading institutions from the UK, USA, France, Spain and Japan. More >>

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Industry Leading Restructuring And Insolvency Partners Join Morrison & Foerster in London

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Peter Declercq and Sonya Van de Graaff have joined its London office as partners in the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Group. Mr. Declercq and Ms. Van de Graaff come to Morrison & Foerster from Schulte Roth & Zabel where they regularly represented distressed investors – including individual and ad hoc groups of bondholders – in restructuring matters. More >>

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Sidley Adds New Media and Entertainment Partner in Los Angeles

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Russell “Rusty” Weiss has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Mr. Weiss has built a substantial practice focused on the convergence of entertainment and technology. He is a member of the firm’s Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) Transactions practice and Media and Entertainment industry group and is based in Century City. More >>

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Reed Smith Adds Leading Capital Markets Partner

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Danielle Carbone as a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Transactional Advisory Group in New York, where she will lead the firm’s capital markets team. Carbone, a nationally recognized capital markets lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, was most recently a partner at Shearman & Sterling, where she spent her entire career. With the addition of Carbone, New York remains one of Reed Smith’s fastest-growing offices, adding 22 lawyers this year alone. More >>

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