Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., as lead arranger and administrative agent, in connection with the $1.19 billion bridge financing of the $4.3 billion acquisition by Washington Prime Group Inc. of Glimcher Realty Trust. More >>
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Katherine Winfree has joined the Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the State Attorneys General practice group. Winfree previously served as chief of staff for the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau.
With more than 30 years of government experience, Winfree has served in multiple high-level roles in state and federal government. As chief of staff in the Enforcement Bureau of the FCC, she was a key policy advisor to the bureau chief and provided oversight and guidance on a broad array of projects relating to communications and technology law and regulation. She previously served as the chief deputy attorney general for the state of Maryland, the second-highest law enforcement officer in the state, where she was responsible for the supervision of 32 divisions, including antitrust, consumer protection, criminal, environment, public safety and transportation. Winfree also served as a federal and state prosecutor, including 19 years as an assistant United States attorney in the District of Columbia, where she tried several high-profile cases. More >>
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Seven attorneys joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT) today as members of the firm’s government contracting, litigation and construction practices. Six of these attorneys came from the Seattle office of Dorsey & Whitney and they are: partners Lisa Marchese, Traeger Machetanz, James E. Howard, and Jonathan A. DeMella, and associates Nathan Rouse, and Kate Kennedy. Christine V. Williams, who most recently served as vice president and general counsel of the Bering Straits Native Corporation, has also joined DWT as a partner. Each of the partners will spend a significant amount of time working out of DWT’s Seattle and Anchorage offices, with Williams officially based in Anchorage and all the others in Seattle. More >>
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) in connection with its agreement to acquire Hiland Partners from its founder, Harold Hamm, and certain Hamm family trusts, for a total purchase price of approximately $3 billion, including the assumption of debt. More >>
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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that Pablo L. Petrozzi has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Real Estate group. Practicing law for 15 years, Petrozzi focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions including acquisitions and dispositions, financings and joint ventures. More >>
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Eurasia Drilling Company Limited (EDC) announced on 20 January 2015 that it has agreed with members of its management team the terms of a merger between EDC and EDC Acquisition Company Limited, which will result in EDC being delisted from the London Stock Exchange and its minority shareholders being paid US$22 per Global Depositary Receipt. The transaction values EDC at approximately US$3.2 billion. Conditional on the merger taking place, affiliates of Schlumberger Limited have agreed to buy approximately 45.65 percent of the shares in EDC, with an option to buy the balance of the EDC shares in the future. The deal is subject to a number of conditions and is expected to close in the second half of February 2015. More >>
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Offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes has advised Highcross Group in connection with the US$ 1billion (£635 million) sale of the assets of Highcross Regional U.K. Partners and Highcross Regional U.K. Partners III to Northwood Investors, a US based fund manager. More >>
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Holland & Knight today announced that real estate attorney Douglas Praw has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Praw has extensive experience in a wide range of real estate and public finance matters. He comes to Holland & Knight from Goodwin Procter.
“Doug is an excellent addition to our real estate practice in California,” said Susan Booth, head of Holland & Knight’s West Coast Real Estate Group. “He regularly represents some of the major players in the industry. His experience not only in real estate, but also in land use and finance, will be a valuable asset to the firm and our clients.” More >>
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International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added prominent real estate attorney James R. Shea, Jr. as a shareholder in the firm’s Boston office. With a legal career spanning over three decades, Shea focuses his practice on real estate matters, including finance, restructuring, and development. He represents public and private developers, contractors, and lenders in the creation, development, and financing of mixed-use and urban real estate projects throughout New England. With a special expertise in public-private and transit-oriented development projects, Shea has collaborated in the drafting of legislation to facilitate the financing of public infrastructure for economic development projects. More >>
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Farella Braun + Martel LLP welcomes James L. Day as a partner and Winston Liaw as an associate to its Intellectual Property Litigation Department. Both attorneys have an emphasis in patent litigation and further enhance Farella’s bench of IP attorneys with deep technology backgrounds. More >>
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