Kennedys formally announce Mexican association

Monday, March 9, 2015

We are pleased to announce our formal association with Mexican law firm Bufete Solís Marín Abogados, S.C, taking our total of associated offices and cooperations to 13.
With a focus on dispute resolution, Bufete Solís Marín has over 40 years’ experience primarily in property, energy, surety and liability law. This latest association strengthens our Latin American operation through a firm that we have been working with for many years, complementing our existing associations in Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Santiago.

More >>

Tags:  Kennedys | Mexico City

K&L Gates Adds Tax Partner in Frankfurt Office

Monday, March 9, 2015

The Frankfurt office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Karsten Seidel as a partner in the tax practice. Seidel joins K&L Gates from King & Wood Mallesons.

Seidel began his career at a law firm in Northern Germany before moving into the tax department of Ernst & Young and then into private practice at SJ Berwin, later King & Wood Mallesons, in Frankfurt in 2005.

More >>

Tags:  K&L Gates LLP | Frankfurt

Goldberg Segalla Adds N.C. Office, and Lawyers in Philly and London, to Meet Growing Global Insurance Industry Demand

Monday, March 9, 2015

Leading global law firm Goldberg Segalla today unveiled a series of significant moves that will continue to enhance the depth and range of services it offers its international client base. The firm announced that today it will open an office in North Carolina, signaling expansion into the Southeastern U.S., and that its Philadelphia office will be joined by a trio of prominent insurance coverage attorneys. Goldberg Segalla’s London office will also see the addition of a key legal representative of Spanish and South American insurers on London market and U.S. insurance issues.

More >>

Tags:  Goldberg Segalla LLP

Frost Brown Todd Welcomes Kandi Kilkelly Hidde to the Firm’s Business Litigation Practice in Indy

Monday, March 9, 2015

Frost Brown Todd is pleased to announce the addition of member attorney Kandi Hidde to its Business Litigation practice group in Indianapolis. Hidde is an experienced litigator, representing corporate and individual clients across a range of industries, including healthcare, insurance, emerging business and intellectual property.

More >>

Tags:  Frost Brown Todd LLP | Indianapolis

Leading Corporate Partner to Join Cooley in London

Monday, March 9, 2015

Cooley announces that it will enhance its London business and finance practice with the hiring of Stephen Rosen, a leading London-based private equity and venture capital partner.

Rosen has experience advising high-growth companies, institutional investors, entrepreneurs and management teams on corporate transactions. He has particular expertise in company sales and purchases, mergers and acquisitions and private equity and venture capital financings across a range of industry sectors.

More >>

Tags:  Cooley LLP | London

Akerman Expands National Litigation Practice with Information Governance Lawyer Jeffrey Sharer

Monday, March 9, 2015

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, bolstered its national Litigation Practice Group with the addition of information governance lawyer Jeffrey Sharer, a recognized authority on the legal, technology and policy implications of digital information. Sharer joins Akerman as a partner in the Chicago office. The Chicago office has welcomed 20 lateral hires in less than 12 months, making Akerman one of the four fastest-growing law firms in the region. More >>

Tags:  Akerman LLP | Chicago

Sun Life Financial Announces Groundbreaking C$5 Billion Longevity Insurance Transaction with BCE

Friday, March 6, 2015

Willkie advises Sun Life Financial in transaction with BCE, Canada’s largest communications company.

Willkie recently advised Sun Life Financial in its C$5 billion longevity insurance transaction with BCE, Canada’s largest communications company. Under the terms of the longevity insurance agreement, the first of its kind in North America, the Bell Canada Pension Plan will pay monthly premiums to Sun Life in exchange for Sun Life making monthly pension payments into the plan for the lifetime of existing pensioners. BCE maintains full responsibility for the Bell Canada Pension Plan and related payments to pensioners. Sun Life will reinsure a portion of the longevity risk to RGA Canada and SCOR Global Life. More >>

Tags:  New York

Steptoe Further Expands Chicago Office with Addition of Three Litigation Partners

Friday, March 6, 2015

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is further expanding its Chicago office and toxic tort litigation practice with the addition of Bob Shuftan, Tony Hopp, and Jeremy Goldkind. All three join as partners and follow the arrivals of their former colleagues Michael Dockterman, Cal Burnton, John Frey, and Derek Smith, who also joined Steptoe’s Chicago office as litigation partners in February. More >>

Tags:  Steptoe & Johnson PLLC | Chicago

Shearman & Sterling Advises Jaguar Land Rover on Its $500 Million Fixed Rate High Yield Bond Offering

Friday, March 6, 2015

Shearman & Sterling represented Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc (“Jaguar Land Rover”) on its offering of $500 million fixed rate high yield bonds due 2020. Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc, an indirectly-owned subsidiary of Indian-owned Tata Motors Limited (India), bought luxury carmakers Jaguar Land Rover Limited and Land Rover in 2008. More >>

Tags:  Shearman & Sterling LLP | London | Washington

Kirkland & Ellis Represents Madison Dearborn, Ikaria in $2.3B Sale to Mallinckrodt

Friday, March 6, 2015

Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Madison Dearborn Partners and Ikaria, Inc., a privately held critical care company, which today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with Mallinckrodt plc under which a subsidiary of Mallinckrodt will acquire Ikaria from a Madison Dearborn-led investor group in a transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion. Mallinckrodt (NYSE: MNK), is a leading global specialty biopharmaceutical company. Subject to customary closing conditions, the parties expect the transaction to be completed early in the second calendar quarter of 2015.  More >>

Tags:  Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Chicago | Houston | Los Angeles | New York | Palo Alto | San Francisco | Washington