Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome James J. Murphy as a shareholder in the firm’s Washington office. Murphy joins Ogletree Deakins from General Dynamics, where he spent the last 10 years as the company’s chief labor and employment counsel. He will serve as co-chair of Ogletree Deakins’ Defense Contracting Industry Group. More >>
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Honeywell International on its agreement to purchase the Elster division of Melrose Industries for approximately £3.3bn. More >>
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Mexico City office with the addition of three new shareholders: real estate lawyers Fernando Orrantia and Antonio A. Robles and labor & employment and mergers & acquisitions attorney José Carlos M. de Uriarte. More >>
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Akin Gump has advised PJSC LUKOIL in the sale of its 50 percent stake in Caspian Investments Resources Ltd. to China-based Sinopec for a consideration of approximately $1.1 billion. The permits to make the transfer were signed and approved by the authorities in Kazakhstan in July 2015. The deal closed today. More >>
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Morgan Lewis continues to expand its award-winning global structured transactions capability in London with the addition of structured finance partner Theresa Kradjian, who joins the firm today, and corporate tax partner Paul Beausang, who will join the firm in October. More >>
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Dechert LLP advised the special committee of Steiner Leisure Limited (NASDAQ:STNR), a worldwide provider and innovator in the fields of beauty, wellness and education, in its definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Catterton, a leading consumer-focused private equity firm. Under the merger agreement, an affiliate of Catterton will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Steiner Leisure for US$65 per share in cash. The total transaction value, including assumed net debt, is approximately US$925 million. More >>
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Davis Polk advised C1 Financial, Inc. (“C1”) and the selling stockholders in connection with the $21.7 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 1,256,255 shares of common stock of C1 by the selling stockholders. C1’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BNK.” More >>
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The Firm represented Aramark in connection with a secondary offering of 22,468,514 shares of Aramark’s common stock by certain selling stockholders, resulting in proceeds of approximately $726 million to the selling stockholders, and a concurrent share repurchase by Aramark of 1,500,000 shares from the selling stockholders, resulting in additional gross proceeds of approximately $48.5 million. The shares being sold pursuant to the secondary offering and the share repurchase represent all of the remaining shares held by the selling stockholders. More >>
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Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, continues the expansion of its Atlanta office with the arrival of Leslie A. Dent, who was chair of Paul Hastings’ Atlanta employment law practice for the past decade. She joins as a shareholder and is the latest addition to the office since a team of four lateral attorneys joined in January. With Dent’s arrival, the Atlanta office now boasts a total of 40 attorneys. More >>
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Alston & Bird has expanded its federal and international tax capabilities with the addition of Scott Harty as partner in the firm’s Atlanta office. More >>
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