Fox’s LA Office Welcomes Two Esteemed Media and Entertainment Pros

Monday, March 16, 2015

Strengthening the firm’s commitment to the entertainment industry, Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome David Aronoff and Lincoln Bandlow as partners to its Los Angeles (Century City) office.

“We are very excited to have Lincoln and David join our team,” said Los Angeles Office Managing Partner and Entertainment Department Chair Darrell D. Miller. “Their first class entertainment practice and strong backgrounds in IP law and First Amendment work, will make them valuable assets to our clients across the country, our entertainment department and the firm at large.” More >>

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Delaware Supreme Court Justice Henry duPont Ridgely to join DLA Piper

Monday, March 16, 2015

DLA Piper announced today that Justice Henry duPont Ridgely, who retired on January 31, 2015 from the Delaware Supreme Court, will join the firm effective March 16, 2015. He will be a member of the firm’s Corporate and Litigation practices, based in the Wilmington, Delaware office.

Justice Ridgely has a distinguished record of more than 30 years of service on the Delaware bench. Before his tenure of more than a decade on the Delaware Supreme Court, Justice Ridgely was a judge on Delaware’s Superior Court for 20 years, including 14 years as President Judge with a full caseload and statewide responsibility for the court’s budget and personnel. During that period, the Delaware courts earned a number one ranking from the United States Chamber of Commerce, which Delaware has maintained for more than ten years. More >>

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Dentons advise The Islamic Development Bank on US$10 billion programme update and US$1 billion issuance

Monday, March 16, 2015

Dentons advised The Islamic Development Bank (the IsDB) on the update of the IsDB Trust Services Limited US$10 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Programme (the Programme) completed on 24 February 2015. Dentons also advised the IsDB on the issue of US$1 billion Trust Certificates due 2020 under the Programme, completed on 12 March 2015. The Programme was listed on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Dubai. More >>

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Dentons adds top litigator Stephen Senderowitz as partner in Chicago

Friday, March 13, 2015

Dentons announced today that it has added litigator Stephen J. Senderowitz as a partner and a leader in its securities, commodities and derivatives litigation and regulatory defense practice. Based in Chicago, Senderowitz focuses on defending complex civil, regulatory and criminal financial markets matters across the country. More >>

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Simpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in $1 Billion Debt Offering by The Charles Schwab Corporation

Friday, March 13, 2015

The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint bookrunning managers, in connection with a public offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of debt securities of The Charles Schwab Corporation, consisting of $625 million aggregate principal amount of 1.5% Senior Notes due 2018 and $375 million aggregate principal amount of 3% Senior Notes due 2025. The offering closed on March 10, 2015. More >>

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David R. Roth and Shahid A. Ghauri Join Jones Walker’s Houston Office

Friday, March 13, 2015

Jones Walker LLP announced today that David R. Roth and Shahid A. Ghauri have joined the firm’s Houston office. Mr. Roth is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group and Mr. Ghauri is a partner in the Business & Commercial Transactions Practice Group.

Mr. Roth has more than two decades of broad-based transactional experience working both in-house and in private practice with public and private companies. He counsels clients in a broad range of transactions and financing in the energy industry, including projects involving electric power; onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration and production; transportation and pipelines; liquefied natural gas processing; commodity marketing and trading; and ancillary services such as equipment supply and seismic analysis. More >>

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Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation $500 Million Senior Unsecured Notes Offering

Friday, March 13, 2015

Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Rabo Securities USA, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. as initial purchasers in connection with a $500 million offering of 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2025 by Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, which were issued pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. More >>

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