Drinker Biddle’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Team assisted Ironshore Inc., a broker-sourced specialty commercial property and casualty coverages provider domiciled in Bermuda, on the regulatory aspects of its $1.84 Billion acquisition by Fosun International Limited, a Chinese investment group. More >>
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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of Raymond Aghaian to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Aghaian will be a Partner in the firm’s Complex Business Litigation Team.
“We are delighted to welcome Ray to the firm,” Jim Gilliland, Chair of Kilpatrick Townsend’s Litigation Department, said. “His significant experience and background in white collar defense and cybersecurity bolsters our litigation practice on the West Coast — a top priority for the firm. Our clients will benefit greatly from Ray’s expertise and his addition adds depth to our already strong team.” More >>
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has expanded its Austin office with the addition of environmental and administrative law practitioners Bill Moltz, Steve Morton, and Janessa Glenn. The three lawyers join K&L Gates from Austin’s Moltz Morton & Glenn, LLP, where they together represented publicly traded and privately held companies in the industrial, manufacturing, agriculture, oil and gas, chemical, refining, real estate, waste management, and land development sectors, among others. They regularly represent clients before state and federal regulatory agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Railroad Commission, Texas Department of Transportation, and Texas Health and Human Services Commission. More >>
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Nossaman LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Alan M. Glen and Steven P. Quarles as Partners in the Firm’s Environment and Land Use Practice Group. Mr. Glen will be based in the Firm’s Austin, Texas office and Mr. Quarles will be based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Mr. Glen and Mr. Quarles are well known and highly respected environment and land use practitioners, and advise clients on a wide range of critical issues at both the federal and state level. Their extensive experience enables Nossaman to enhance its nationally recognized Environment and Land Use Practice Group and better serve its clients across the United States. Mr. Glen’s and Mr. Quarles’ practice focus includes various areas of federal environmental law, such as wildlife and species protection issues under the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, as well as federal and state environmental issues that impact renewable and traditional energy, transportation, water law, real estate development, agriculture, forestry, and mining. More >>
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On the heels of its recent announcement of the addition of 60 lawyers in Chicago, Cozen O’Connor is proud to announce the addition of ten attorneys and government professionals and the formation of the firm’s State Attorneys General Practice.
The new additions include partners Bernie Nash, Lori Kalani, JB Kelly and Milton Marquis—all of whom were formerly partners at Dickstein Shapiro. As leaders of the nation’s leading State Attorneys General Practice, they focus on legal and policy matters and investigations brought by state attorneys general across the country. Additional members of the practice include Maria Colsey Heard, Ann-Marie Luciano, and Chris Allen, all of whom are partners; associate Bryan Mosca; Senior Advisor Chris Tampio; and AG Policy Coordinator Emily Lundahl. More >>
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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Jon M. Spanbauer has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in its Intellectual Property Practice Group.
Spanbauer’s practice focuses primarily on complex patent litigation. He has litigated significant patent disputes throughout the United States in a wide range of technologies, with a particular emphasis on pharmaceuticals (Hatch-Waxman litigation), medical devices, and biologics. More >>
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Shearman & Sterling represented Empresa Eléctrica Guacolda S.A., a Chilean joint venture between AES Gener S.A. and Global Infrastructure Partners, in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.560% Senior Notes due 2025 and its US$330 million five-year unsecured syndicated loan facility with various financial institutions. Guacolda is engaged in the generation, transmission and supply of electricity in Chile. More >>
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Pillsbury today welcomed new corporate partner Steven M. Tyndall. With a broad client base ranging from formation stage and emerging companies to established public and private companies, Tyndall focuses on advising clients in the areas of technology, life sciences and clean energy.
“We are very pleased to welcome Steve to Pillsbury,” said Firm Chair Jim Rishwain Jr. “His deep industry knowledge and experience will be of great benefit to our clients in Texas and around the world. With our global platform and the recent addition of Andrew Strong, former CEO of Kalon Biotherapeutics, we are poised to further build on our recognized position as a worldwide leader in the life sciences industry.” More >>
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Goodwin Procter attorneys advised TellApart, Inc. in its recently announced sale to Twitter, Inc. According to the 8-K filed by Twitter, the company will issue approximately 12.6 million shares of common stock based on the $42.27 per share closing price on April 28. The deal is expected to close at the beginning of June and is subject to customary closing conditions. More >>
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Davis Polk advised Ford Motor Company in connection with the April 30, 2015, amendment and restatement of its existing revolving credit facility. As a result of the amendment and restatement, the maturity of the existing revolving commitments was extended from April 30, 2017 and April 30, 2019, to April 30, 2018 and April 30, 2020, respectively, and additional commitments, maturing either April 30, 2018 or April 30, 2020, were provided, for an aggregate total of such revolving commitments of approximately $13.4 billion. Other amendments to the existing revolving credit facility provide for two new sub-facilities, one denominated in Brazilian real and one in Chinese renminbi. More >>
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