International and domestic transactional attorney, Partner Rajiv Khanna has joined BakerHostetler’s Business Group in the firm’s New York office. Khanna comes to BakerHostetler from Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Khanna brings more than 35 years of experience, including four years practicing in New Delhi, India, counseling publicly and privately held clients on domestic, cross-border, and multijurisdictional M&A transactions; securities offerings; corporate and project finance; and real estate transactions. His business background allows him to advise clients in a business friendly manner in technology, pharmaceutical, financial services, energy, consumer products and other industries through mergers and acquisitions, initial and follow-on public offerings, and other transactions. Khanna most recently counseled a Fortune 500 company on its mergers and acquisitions. His fluency in Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi allows him to serve multinational clients with interests in South Asia. He is recognized as a New York Super Lawyer (2006-2008) and is listed in Jewels of India. More >>

Hunton & Williams LLP advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as joint book-running managers, in connection with Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.’s (“CPG”) inaugural issuance of $2.75 billion in aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured notes (the “notes”) in a private placement under Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to eligible purchasers. The notes will initially be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by certain of CPG’s subsidiaries. A portion of the net proceeds from the private offering will be used to fund a special dividend to NiSource Inc., CPG’s parent company, in connection with their planned separation, which is expected to take place in mid-2015. Upon the completion of the planned separation, CPG will become a stand-alone publicly traded company, focusing on natural gas pipeline and related businesses. More >>