Attorney Jennifer H. Weiss has rejoined international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in the firm’s Tax Group in Boston. Her return signals further expansion of the firm’s Boston office and a commitment to high-level work on behalf of clients involved in complex tax-related real estate matters. More >>
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | BostonFaegreBD Represents Life Time Fitness in $4 Billion Sale
Faegre Baker Daniels is representing Life Time Fitness, Inc. in its sale to affiliates of Leonard Green & Partners, TPG Capital, and several other investors including Life Time’s chairman and CEO Bahram Akradi, for an aggregate value of approximately $4 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2015. More >>
Tags: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | MinneapolisThe Priceline Group in its €1 Billion Registered Senior Debt Offering
Cravath represented The Priceline Group Inc. in connection with its €1 billion registered senior debt offering. The Priceline Group Inc. is a leading provider of online travel and travel‑related reservation and search services. The notes were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on March 3, 2015. More >>
Tags: New YorkChadbourne Advises on the US$776 Million Financing of the Rabigh Independent Water Steam and Power Plant Expansion
Chadbourne & Parke LLP advised the Rabigh Arabian Water and Electricity Company and its sponsors (Arabian Company for Water and Power Projects, JGC Corporation and Marubeni Corporation) in relation to the US$776 million financing of the expansion of its independent water steam and power plant located on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. Financial close was achieved on 16 March 2015. More >>
Tags: LondonWhite & Case Advises Saudi Aramco on US$8 Billion Expansion of World-Scale Rabigh Refinery and Petrochemicals Complex
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), as a sponsor, on the development and financing for the US$8 billion expansion of an existing, world-scale petroleum refining and petrochemicals complex in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia More >>
Tags: White & Case LLP | Abu Dhabi | RiyadhMcGuireWoods Continues Texas Expansion as Litigators Stewart Clancy, Justin Opitz Join Firm’s Dallas Office
Highly regarded financial services and commercial litigators Stewart Clancy and Justin Opitz have joined McGuireWoods as partners in Dallas as the firm continues to expand its capabilities in a vital southwestern United States market.
Clancy and Opitz have significant litigation experience representing businesses in a variety of commercial matters, with a particular focus on defending mortgage lenders and servicers against claims filed in federal and state courts. They also handle matters related to origination and title defects and advise clients on compliance with mortgage servicing standards and federal and state laws.
Tags: McGuireWoods LLP | DallasK&L Gates Grows Washington, D.C., Office with Corporate/M&A and Intellectual Property Partner Additions
The Washington, D.C., office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Grace Parke Fremlin and Joon Ro Yoon as partners in the corporate/M&A practice and IP Litigation practice, respectively. Fremlin joins K&L Gates from Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where she was founder and co-chair of the Korea practice, while Yoon arrives from Reitler, Kailas & Rosenblatt LLC, having also served as an adjunct professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
Fremlin has decades of experience representing clients on cross-border technology and M&A transactions; IP asset utilization and protection strategies in the United States and China; and global distribution, procurement, and supply contracts. She also advises in such areas as corporate governance, global regulatory compliance, international trade policy, treaties, and U.S. government relations.
Tags: K&L Gates LLP | WashingtonJones Day Expands Fund Formation Capabilities in Asia with Addition of Scott D. Peterman in Hong Kong
Jones Day is pleased to announce that Scott D. Peterman has joined as a partner in the Firm’s Private Equity Practice. Formerly a partner with Sidley Austin, Mr. Peterman will be based in the Firm’s Hong Kong Office.
Mr. Peterman is a recognized market leader in the representation of private fund sponsors and investors in connection with the formation of alternative investment vehicles, including private equity funds, real estate funds, and hedge funds. Mr. Peterman is currently ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific in “Band 1” for China Investment Funds. Together with our Band 1 ranked Singapore investment funds practice, Jones Day now has increased capability to advise fund sponsors and investors on an Asia-wide basis.
Tags: Jones Day | Hong KongFormer Councilmember David Catania Returns to Greenberg Traurig’s Health Care Practice
nternational law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its Washington, D.C. office with the return of David Catania as a shareholder in the Health & FDA Business Practice. Catania focuses his practice on health care, government law and strategy, and public policy.
“Greenberg Traurig is committed to growing locally, nationally, and internationally, and that is why we’re so pleased to welcome David Catania back to our Washington, D.C. office,” said Laura Klaus, co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig’s Washington, D.C. office. “Having worked for the betterment of the District and its business community, David has had his finger on the pulse of health care issues of critical concern. His experience with regard to not only health care but also education, tax, and workforce development issues will be invaluable to our clients.”
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | WashingtonExperienced Middle Eastern Corporate Lawyer Joins WFW in Dubai
Following on from the addition of new partners in its Athens, London and New York offices in 2015, Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is pleased to welcome experienced corporate lawyer Suhail Mirza as a partner in its Dubai office. Suhail’s diverse practice covers the full spectrum of corporate and commercial work, including cross-border M&A, strategic joint ventures and corporate restructuring. He joins the firm from K&L Gates More >>
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