Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has represented a group of international banks acting as initial purchasers in an offering of fixed-rate notes issued by Mexico’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) guaranteed by the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
The international bank group consisted of Citigroup, Crédit Agricole and Santander. The series of $525 million fixed-rate notes due 2025 was priced with an interest rate of 2.460% per annum. More >>
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McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Roland Hartmannsberger has joined its Regulatory Practice Group as a partner in the Firm’s Düsseldorf office.
Roland advises on all aspects of product safety, product liability as well as general product compliance, environmental law, building and planning law, and administrative law. His practice includes administrative litigation and transactional advice. More >>
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Mr. Stallings to continue growth of firm’s global Antitrust & Competition practice and DC office
Mayer Brown announced today that William H. Stallings has joined the firm’s global Antitrust & Competition practice as a partner in Washington DC. Previously, he was the Chief of the Transportation, Energy and Agriculture (TEA) Section of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division. More >>
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DLA Piper announced today that Lynn Cadwalader has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in the San Francisco office.
Cadwalader focuses on real estate investment, acquisition and development, with a particular emphasis in the hospitality sector. She has extensive experience advising clients in the US and internationally, including in the Caribbean and Latin America, as well as working with Chinese and other foreign real estate investors. She represents hotel and mixed-use project developers, owners, operators and lenders, and works with all facets of resort and real estate development and operations. More >>
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Cooley has augmented its London-based IP capability with the addition of three patent practitioners who will found the firm’s UK patent practice. Joining Cooley are David Wraige, Jacqueline Ireland and Daniel Sellwood. More >>
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International law firm Bryan Cave LLP has announced a new partner appointment to its Financial Services Group in London. Rachel Kelly joins from Macfarlanes, where she had been head of Structured Finance and Capital Markets for four years, having previously been a partner in Clifford Chance’s structured debt group for 14 years. The appointment – which comes within weeks of two other lateral hires to the Financial Services Group in London – further enhances Bryan Cave’s experience in this sector. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, welcomed patent litigator John Gresens to its Chicago office just weeks after announcing that the Chicago team has more than quadrupled in size since the office opened in 2014. He arrives at Akerman as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group, and enhances the firm’s ability to serve global clients in complex cross-border matters and multiple-party disputes More >>
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For our series this week, we’re featuring Jack Hopper, Kinney’s enthusatic managing director!
Why did you become a legal recruiter?
I practiced law for ten years and was looking for a change. My best friend had become a legal recruiter and actually placed me in-house. He thought I would make a great legal recruiter, so I decided to make the switch in 1998 and have never looked back. It has been the best decision career-wise I have ever made.
What’s been your favorite placement and why?
I placed a young lawyer in Miami, Florida with an elite litigation boutique. I met him and knew right away he had the “right stuff”. The client was very particular pedigree wise, and I convinced them to interview my candidate, even though he was not the “best on paper”. They took my advice, interviewed him and called me to say, “You were right.” They made him an offer, and he is now a partner there.
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, today announced the expansion of the Latin America & the Caribbean Practice with the addition of partner Arturo Banegas Masiá in New York. He builds upon the firm’s strengths in cross-border transactions across the U.S. and Latin America, particularly within the heavily regulated financial services and telecommunications sectors.
“As a bilingual, dual-licensed lawyer, Arturo will help our clients effectively achieve their cross-border business objectives,” said Carlos Méndez-Peñate, co-chair of Akerman’s Latin American & the Caribbean Practice. “His extensive knowledge of structuring transactions will help to protect our clients’ investments throughout Latin America.” More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Steele will join the Firm’s London office as a partner in the Finance Practice Group. Mr. Steele advises private equity sponsors, credit funds and financial institutions across a broad range of complex and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged and real estate finance, special situations investments, loan portfolio acquisitions, and restructurings. More >>
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