Debevoise Advises Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity in Completed $410 Million Sale of EmployBridge

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity (“MSPE”) in the completed sale of its majority interest in EmployBridge, a leading provider of specialty staffing services, to The Select Family of Staffing Companies, a national provider of workforce management services, for approximately $410 million. MSPE and Constitution Capital acquired EmployBridge for $165 million in May 2011, in a transaction in which Debevoise also advised MSPE. More >>

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Arent Fox Adds Two Prominent Intellectual Property Partners in New York

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce that experienced Intellectual Property lawyers Steven I. Weisburd and Richard LaCava have joined the firm as partners in the New York office. The two attorneys previously practiced together at Dickstein Shapiro, where Mr. Weisburd was deputy leader of the firmwide IP group. Mr. Weisburd and Mr. LaCava both have wide-ranging practices that span transactions and prosecution of patents, as well as litigation and enforcement of IP rights for clients. More >>

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Akin Gump Advises Rose Rock Midstream in $325 Million Crude Oil Deal

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Akin Gump advised the conflicts committee of the board of directors of Rose Rock Midstream, L.P.’s general partner in the partnership’s $325 million purchase of the remaining crude oil assets of SemGroup Corporation, which include the Wattenberg Oil Trunkline System and SemGroup’s 50 percent interest in the Glass Mountain Pipeline. More >>

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Venable Adds Labor and Employment Partner Laura Reathaford in Los Angeles

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Laura Reathaford has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the national Labor and Employment Practice Group. With a focus on management-side employment litigation, Ms. Reathaford specializes in wage and hour collective and class actions, including representative actions under the Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”). Ms. Reathaford comes from Proskauer Rose in Los Angeles where she was Special Counsel. More >>

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Aaron Borden Joins Vedder Price Finance & Transactions Group

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Vedder Price is pleased to announce that Aaron J. Borden has joined the firm’s New York office as a Shareholder in the Finance & Transactions group.

Mr. Borden has represented banks, insurance companies, mezzanine funds and other commercial lenders, as well as borrowers, in a variety of debt and equity financing transactions, including private placements, syndicated bank financings, bilateral loans, first lien, second lien and mezzanine financings, cross-border financings, and acquisition and other leveraged financings. He has also been involved in several complex restructuring, workout and bankruptcy matters. More >>

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Shearman & Sterling Advises Lenders on $900 Million Multi-Currency Refinancing for Aon plc

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Shearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in connection with a $900 million multi-currency refinancing for Aon plc, Aon Corporation and Aon UK Limited. More >>

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Nixon Peabody growing again in Los Angeles: Justin Thompson adds real estate heft

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Nixon Peabody continues to add depth and breadth in Los Angeles. On the heels of announcing the arrival of a four-attorney Fashion & Entertainment team, Justin X. Thompson joins Nixon Peabody’s Southern California office bringing with him a growing real estate practice and a wealth of experience handling real estate transactions of all shapes and sizes. Justin is leaving his position as a partner in the Land, Environmental and Natural Resources group at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, where he was also a co-chair of the firm’s Hospitality practice. More >>

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LeClairRyan Announces Atlanta Expansion, Adds Two Partners

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

To further support its client-driven business strategy, the law firm of LeClairRyan has announced its expansion into Atlanta today, under the leadership of former Troutman Sanders partners John P. Hutchins and Christopher A. Wiech. As the office leader, Hutchins will oversee the ongoing operations and growth of the firm’s Atlanta office. More >>

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Cahill Represents Underwriters in $500 Million Public Offering by D.R. Horton

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Cahill represented Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan, RBS, and Wells Fargo Securities as joint book-running managers in connection with the public offering of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2020 by D.R. Horton, Inc., the largest homebuilding company by volume in the United States. Proceeds from the offering were to be used for general corporate purposes.

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