Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Duston K. McFaul has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in both its Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy, and Energy practices. Mr. McFaul is an experienced restructuring lawyer with a concentrated practice built around complex business restructurings, negotiated workouts and contested proceedings. More >>
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Maynard Cooper & Gale continues to expand the knowledge and experience available to its West Coast clients with the recent addition of three new attorneys to its rapidly-growing San Francisco office. With the addition of partner Joshua Van Hoven and associates Ali Drury and Dylan Randolph, Maynard now has seven lawyers in San Francisco, representing clients in areas ranging from intellectual property protection to corporate finance and investment to insurance and financial services litigation. More >>
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Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Paul C. Lacourciere has joined the firm’s Energy practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. He practiced previously at K&L Gates.
A substantial portion of Lacourciere’s practice is devoted to work in the solar industry, structuring transactions and advising on compliance with regulations governing the sale of electricity in California. More >>
Tags: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP | San FranciscoTroutman Sanders LLP announced today that Dean Morehous and Marcus Hall have joined the firm as partners in the Intellectual Property practice in the San Francisco office. Both lawyers practiced previously at Novak Druce Connolly Bove & Quigg LLP. Last month, the firm added partner David Devernoe and associate Christopher Franich to the Intellectual Property practice in the San Diego office.
“When we opened in San Francisco less than two months ago, we said that we intended to quickly grow the office,” said Craig Kline, managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office. “We are very pleased that Dean and Marcus are joining us. Their significant IP and commercial litigation experience, as well as their strong ties to the local community, will be of great benefit to our expanding practice.” More >>
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Davis Polk advised Verisk Analytics, Inc. on its SEC-registered offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of 4.000% senior notes due 2025 and $350 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2045. Verisk intends to use the proceeds of the offering to partially finance its acquisition of Wood Mackenzie Limited. More >>
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The Marital & Family Law group of Greenspoon Marder Law’s West Palm Beach office welcomes three new attorneys. The firm is joined by shareholder Stuart R. Manoff, senior counsel associate William N. Lazarchick, Jr., and associate Casey M. Reiter.
Stuart R. Manoff has been a practicing Marital and Family Law attorney for over 30 years and has been Florida Bar Board Certified in Marital and Family Law since 1994. Manoff concentrates his practice on matters pertaining to marital and family law which includes divorce, equitable distribution litigation, alimony, prenuptial agreements, child custody and support, and paternity matters. He is rated AV ® Preeminent ™ by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and has been named a Leading Florida Attorney. Manoff has been recognized as a Florida Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine from 2007-2013, 2015, and has been featured in publications including Divorce Magazine. He is a member of The Florida Bar Association, the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the Susan Greenberg Family Law American Inn of Court of the Palm Beaches, and the National Business Institute. Manoff earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law.
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Bankruptcy attorney Melissa Youngman has joined Wilson Elser’s Orlando office as a partner. Formerly a partner with regional law firm McCalla Raymer, Youngman’s practice is focused on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, representing a broad spectrum of clients including mortgage lenders, banks and financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, insurance companies, real estate entities, equipment lessors, commercial landlords, purchasers of distressed assets, investment trusts, bankruptcy trustees, and other entities. More >>
Tags: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP | OrlandoSidley Austin LLP announced today that Dan Clivner will join the firm as co-managing partner of the Los Angeles office and a key member of the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practices. Mr. Clivner regularly leads high-profile transactions in private equity, telecom, media and entertainment and retailing, including more than $18 billion of such transactions since 2012. He joins Sidley from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he served as the Los Angeles office managing partner since 1998. His arrival expands Sidley’s long-standing presence in the Los Angeles market and the continued growth of its M&A and Private Equity practices. More >>
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BakerHostetler announces the addition of a 30-lawyer healthcare, corporate, real estate, and litigation team to its Atlanta office. The group of lawyers from McKenna Long & Aldridge will be joining BakerHostetler on June 1 following a vote of the BakerHostetler partnership. The incoming team includes 25 attorneys from that firm’s Healthcare practice, which increases BakerHostetler’s national Healthcare Industry team to more than 80 attorneys. The incoming Healthcare team includes litigation, real estate, transactional, and regulatory attorneys. Also joining the firm are five corporate attorneys (two of the attorneys, corporate partners David Brown and Clayton Coley, were announced by BakerHostetler on May 7). More >>
Tags: Baker & Hostetler LLP | AtlantaChadbourne & Parke LLP represented the lenders in connection with the US$11.5 billion senior debt financing for the Corpus Christi LNG Project.
The Corpus Christi LNG Project is sponsored by affiliates of Cheniere Energy, Inc. and is located on the La Quinta Channel on the northeast side of Corpus Christi Bay in San Patricio County, Texas. The project, when fully constructed, is expected to comprise three liquefaction trains with expected aggregate nominal production capacity of approximately 13.5 mmtpa, three full-containment LNG storage tanks with capacity of approximately 10.1 Bcfe, two LNG carrier docks and a 22-mile, 48″ natural gas supply pipeline, as well as all associated facilities. The estimated total capital cost of the project is US$15.4 billion. More >>
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