Reed Smith Adds Two Transactional Partners in NY

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

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 Advises on CSX Corporation’s $600 Million Notes Offering

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

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 Adds Lucrecia Davis, Bolsters Immigration Presence in Texas

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

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 Advising on China Galaxy Securities US$3.1 Billion Share Placing

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

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 >>

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Kirkland & Ellis Advises Avista Capital Partners and Armored AutoGroup in Sale

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Kirkland & 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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Polsinelli Expands Labor and Employment Strength in California

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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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Chadbourne Represents Lenders on US$3.7 Billion Financing for Train 3 of Freeport LNG Liquefaction Project

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Chadbourne & Parke represented the lenders on the US$3.691 billion financing of Train 3 of the Freeport LNG liquefaction and export project at Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas. The cost of the Freeport LNG liquefaction project, which consists of three trains, is expected to be approximately US$12.5 billion. The project financings include an additional approximately US$3 billion raised for refinancing costs and contingency funding, making it the largest fully non-recourse construction and buffer lot acquisition financing project ever. More >>

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NetScout Systems Receives DOJ Antitrust Clearance for $2.6 Billion Acquisition

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

NetScout Systems, Inc. received unconditional clearance from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for its proposed acquisition of the Communications Business of Danaher Corporation. The clearance follows the issuance of a Second Request by the DOJ, which occurred on December 24, 2014, and effectively extended the waiting period imposed by the HSR Act. As part of a negotiated timing agreement, NetScout agreed to delay close of the transaction until late May, making the DOJ’s early decision to terminate its investigation without imposing any remedies a welcome development in the deal timeline. More >>

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Gordon & Rees Announces Opening of New Boston Office

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Gordon & Rees is continuing its national expansion with the opening of its 35th office in Boston, Massachusetts on May 1, 2015. The Boston office will complement the firm’s existing presence in the Northeast and allow it to better serve its many clients with needs in the area.

John Robinson has been named managing partner of the office, and will be joined by partner William Murray and associates Delaney Busch, Glenn Coffin, Kelly Kirby, and Greil Roberts. The Boston office attorneys primarily serve clients in complex products liability, toxic tort, medical device, construction, commercial, and insurance coverage litigation, as well as in other legal sectors. More >>

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