Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today that Ellen McElroy has joined the firm’s Tax Practice Group as a partner in Washington, DC, expanding the firm’s tax accounting services. Prior to joining Sutherland, Ms. McElroy was a partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP More >>
Tags: Eversheds Sutherland | WashingtonSimpson Thacher – Brixmor Property Group Completes $683 Million Secondary Offering
The Firm represented Brixmor Property Group Inc. in connection with a $683 million secondary offering of 25,875,000 shares of common stock (including 3,375,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares) by certain selling stockholders affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate Partners at a public offering price of $26.38 per share. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as joint bookrunning managers for the offering More >>
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkRoger S. Chari Joins LeClairRyan
Roger S. Chari has joined LeClairRyan as a partner on the firm’s Bank Finance and Lending practice area team. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Manhattan office More >>
Tags: LeClair Ryan, PC | New YorkHerbert Smith Freehills Advises on Single Largest Ever CNH Bond Issue by Indian Company
Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to announce that the firm has advised on a RMB690 million note offering by ITNL Offshore Two Pte. Ltd., guaranteed by IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited. The deal marks the single largest ever CNH bond issue from an Indian company More >>
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Hong Kong | SingaporeMiller Nash Graham & Dunn Lands Insurance Coverage Attorney Seth Row
Pacific Northwest law firm Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP welcomes Seth Row to the firm’s leading litigation and insurance coverage practice teams. Row, well known throughout the industry, brings over 16 years of experience representing commercial policyholders, including banks, manufacturers, developers, and public entities, in litigation and negotiation of insurance disputes. He is a frequent author and speaker and is the founder and editor of The Northwest Policyholder, a blog that covers insurance coverage legal issues in the Pacific Northwest More >>
Tags: Miller Nash LLP | PortlandFried Frank Continues Strategic Growth of Intellectual Property Litigation Practice
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Scott W. Doyle and Jonathan R. DeFosse have joined the Firm as partners in the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, resident in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Doyle joins as the new head of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice More >>
Tags: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | WashingtonFreshfields Advises Manulife on US$1.2bn DBS Bancassurance Partnership
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Manulife Financial Asia Ltd on its entry into a bancassurance distribution arrangement with DBS Bank Ltd More >>
Tags: Freshfields LLP | Hong Kong | ShanghaiSara A. Weinberg Joins Dinsmore’s Chicago Office
Dinsmore & Shohl continues to make strategic moves to grow its Chicago office by welcoming Sara A. Weinberg to the firm. Weinberg will practice out of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department, expanding that location into a new service area More >>
Tags: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | ChicagoDentons US and McKenna Long to Combine
A merger of Dentons US LLP (“Dentons US”) and McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (“McKenna Long”) has been approved by the partners of both firms. The news builds on the momentum of the previously announced combination between Dentons and 大成, creating the world’s largest law firm. Clients inside the US will gain unrivaled access to markets around the world, and international clients will enjoy increased strength and reach across the US More >>
Tags: Dentons | Albany | Boston | Chicago | Dallas | Denver | Houston | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Miami | New Orleans | New York | Orange County | Phoenix | San Diego | San Francisco | Short Hills | Silicon Valley | St. Louis | Tysons Corner | WashingtonCravath – Mylan’s $35 Billion Proposed Acquisition of Perrigo
On April 8, 2015, Mylan N.V. announced that it has made a proposal to acquire Perrigo Company plc in a cash‑and‑stock transaction that would create a unique global pharmaceutical leader. Cravath is representing Mylan in connection with this proposed transaction. Under the terms of the non‑binding proposal, Perrigo shareholders would receive $205 in a combination of cash and Mylan stock for each Perrigo share, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $35 billion More >>
Tags: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | New York