3 Acclaimed Labor and Employment Lawyers Join McGuireWoods as Partners in Atlanta, New York

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

McGuireWoods has added more firepower to its already formidable labor and employment practice as accomplished labor relations lawyers Richard Hankins and Brennan Bolt join the firm as partners in the Atlanta office and Seth Borden joins the firm as a partner in New York.

All three litigators have extensive experience representing management in labor relations matters. They come to McGuireWoods from McKenna, Long & Aldridge, where they were members of the firm’s labor and employment law division. Hankins was head of the division. More >>

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AerCap’s $3.49 Billion Registered Secondary Offering of Ordinary Shares and Concurrent Share Repurchase

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Cravath represented AerCap Holdings N.V. in connection with its US$3.49 billion registered secondary offering of ordinary shares. AerCap Holdings N.V. is the world’s largest independent aircraft leasing company. AerCap Holdings N.V. also agreed to repurchase US$750 million of its ordinary shares from the selling shareholder. The shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on June 9, 2015. More >>

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Debevoise Advises Evercore Partners as Financial Advisor to Tokio Marine in its $7.5 Billion Acquisition of HCC Insurance

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Evercore Partners as financial advisor to Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. in its acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., a U.S. insurance holding company comprising property & casualty, accident & health and other specialty insurance businesses, through TMHD’s wholly owned subsidiary, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. The transaction is valued at $7.5 billion. More >>

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FaegreBD Advises Capmark Financial in $410 Million Acqusition of Orchard Brands

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Faegre Baker Daniels is representing holding company Capmark Financial Group Inc. in the acquisition by its wholly owned subsidiary Bluestem Brands of Orchard Brands Corporation in a $410 million cash sale. The parties entered a definitive agreement on May 27 and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2015. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is also acting as counsel to Capmark in this matter. More >>

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Connell Foley Announces New Office, Expansion into Newark

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Connell Foley LLP, one of New Jersey’s largest law firms, is pleased to announce that the firm is opening an office in Newark, NJ. Marking a return to its roots as well as an expansion into one of the state’s most important economic centers, Connell Foley’s Newark office will be home to 18 of the firm’s 140 attorneys. The office’s lawyers will practice primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, bankruptcy law and alternative dispute resolution. More >>

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McDermott Brings on FDA Regulatory Partner in Washington, DC

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that it has appointed Veleka Peeples-Dyer as a partner in its Health Industry Advisory Practice Group, resident in the Washington, D.C. office.

Ms. Peeples-Dyer has substantive experience in advertising and promotion, clinical trials, manufacturing and supply, drug safety, licensing, product acquisition due diligence, and health care fraud and abuse and other compliance matters. Additionally, her experience includes conducting internal investigations, developing and implementing legal and compliance training programs and advising on federal and state transparency, lobbyist and disclosure issues, including the Federal Physician Payments (“Sunshine”) Act. Most recently, she served as in-house counsel for a public biotechnology company. More >>

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Perkins Coie Adds Experienced Commercial Litigation Partner

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Charles G. Curtis, Jr. has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation practice. He will divide his time between the Madison, WI and Washington, D.C. offices, and will focus his efforts on complex litigation issues at the agency, trial and appellate levels.

“Chuck is an exceptional lawyer with a wealth of experience in constitutional, appellate, administrative, political, antitrust, IP, environmental and general commercial law,” said Joe Mais, firmwide Chair of the Commercial Litigation practice. “His ability to master the most complex factual and legal issues adds real value to our Commercial Litigation practice.” More >>

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Polsinelli Adds Dealmaker From Top Am Law 100 Firm

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Polsinelli welcomes Frank Koranda to its Kansas City office as shareholder where he will join the national Corporate and Transactional practice. His practice focuses on corporate and financial transactional matters, specifically with middle market, private company mergers and acquisitions. Koranda was previously a partner with a large, international law firm. He has provided representation to more than $6 billion in completed mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions. More >>

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NXP Semiconductors Completes $1 Billion Senior Notes Offering

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Firm represented NXP B.V. and NXP Funding LLC in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $600 million of 4.125% senior notes due 2020 and $400 million of 4.625% senior notes due 2022. NXP intends to use the proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand and/or other financing resources, to (i) finance the cash portion of the consideration payable pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement with Freescale Semiconductor Limited (“Freescale”) under which NXP will merge with Freescale (“Merger”), (ii) refinance certain of Freescale’s indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the Merger, and (iii) effect the repayment of any amounts drawn under Freescale’s revolving credit facility and/or NXP’s revolving credit facility. Alternatively, if the Merger does not close, NXP intends to use the proceeds from the offering to redeem certain of NXP’s existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes. More >>

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