Leading independent business law firm, Hall & Wilcox, will be taking on a significant insurance practice from Sparke Helmore.
The team is led by Sparke Helmore national insurance leader Rhett Slocombe, and includes Grant Galvin, Simon Morgan, Daniel Stoddart, Nicholas Studdert and Joanna Turnbull, all of whom will be joining Hall & Wilcox as partners. The team is based in Sydney and Newcastle. More >>
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Kelley Kronenberg, a national, full-service law firm, is expanding its reach into the Florida market with the addition of a Bankruptcy Practice Group. The new group, which joined the firm’s Tampa office in April, is the result of Kelley Kronenberg acquiring Dennis LeVine & Associates, a bankruptcy law firm in Tampa, and its team of attorneys and administrative staff. More >>
Tags: Kelley Kronenberg | TampaOn April 30, 2015, Crown Castle International Corp. (“Crown Castle”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Quanta Fiber Networks Inc. (“Sunesys”) for approximately $1 billion in cash, subject to certain limited adjustments. Cravath represented Crown Castle in connection with this transaction, which is expected to close by the end of 2015, subject to customary closing conditions. More >>
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WilmerHale is pleased to announce that energy and natural resources lawyer Andrew L. Spielman has joined the firm as partner. Mr. Spielman serves alongside Natalie Hanlon Leh as partner-in-charge of the firm’s growing Denver office and also serves as co-chair of the firm’s Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources Practice. More >>
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Reed Smith LLP today announced that Sahra Dalfen has joined the firm’s Corporate Transactional Advisory Group (CTAG) and Jody Saltzman has joined its Real Estate Group. The two have worked together for many years and are joining Reed Smith from Crowell & Moring in New York.
“Sahra brings to Reed Smith strong experience representing companies in complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as strategic joint ventures,” said John Martini, Practice Group Leader of CTAG. “We expect that Sahra’s practice will be a welcome complement to our already substantial flow of transactional work to and from Europe and Asia.” More >>
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Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters led by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC in connection with CSX Corporation’s public offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.950% Notes due 2050. CSX Corporation is a leading provider of traditional rail services and transportation for intermodal containers and trailers. The proceeds of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes. More >>
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Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Lucrecia M. Davis has joined the firm’s Houston office as Shareholder. Ms. Davis joins Jackson Lewis from Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, where she spent almost 15 years practicing exclusively in the field of corporate immigration and nationality law.
“We are delighted to welcome Lucrecia to Jackson Lewis,” said Sean G. Hanagan, Leader of the firm’s Immigration practice group. “Her extensive background working within the complexities of U.S. immigration law, and specifically her experience with the energy sector, will greatly benefit our client base in Texas and throughout the country.” More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis is advising a consortium of placing agents led by Goldman Sachs, China Galaxy International and Nomura in connection with the US$3.1 billion placing of H shares of China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd. This placing is the largest follow-on offering in China and second largest follow-on offering in Asia in 2015 to date. More >>
Tags: Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Beijing | Hong Kong | ShanghaiKirkland & Ellis LLP represented Armored AutoGroup., a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners, in its sale to Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. in a transaction valued at $1.4 billion in cash and assumed debt.
Avista Capital Partners is a leading private equity firm with approximately $6 billion under management and offices in New York, Houston and London. More >>
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National law firm Polsinelli adds two noted San Francisco labor and employment attorneys to serve clients nationally. Shareholder Charles O. Thompson joins the firm as the Vice Chair of the California Labor & Employment Practice Group and will lead Polsinelli’s West Coast Labor and Employment Practice. Michele Haydel Gehrke also joins as a Shareholder, bringing Polsinelli’s growing, national Labor and Employment Practice to more than 50 attorneys coast to coast. Thompson and Gehrke previously practiced together at the same AmLaw 100 firm in San Francisco. Polsinelli entered the California market nearly four years ago in Los Angeles, and opened a San Francisco office last year with a strategic goal to expand. More >>
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