Susan Alker Joins Winston & Strawn Los Angeles

Winston & Strawn LLP today announced that Susan Alker has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the corporate practice. Ms. Alker practiced for 10 years at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles and after that at Reed Smith. Her practice focuses on representing major banks, financial institutions, private equity and hedge funds in corporate transactions. The move reunites her with several former O’Melveny & Myers attorneys who have joined Winston & Strawn to form a corporate practice in Los Angeles.

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Venable Enhances Los Angeles Corporate Practice

Venable LLP announced today that Ronn Davids and Jennifer Cappelletty have joined Venable’s Los Angeles office as members of the firm’s Corporate Group. Mr. Davids and Ms. Cappelletty, previously members at Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, have developed vibrant national practices working with middle-market and emerging growth companies in distressed and non-distressed situations, with a special focus on representing private equity firms. Mr. Davids joins as Partner and Ms. Cappelletty joins as Of Counsel.

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Cooley Grows Los Angeles Office with Leading Corporate Hires

Cooley LLP announced today that C. Thomas Hopkins and Ian Smith have joined the firm’s Business department as partners in its Los Angeles office. Both Hopkins and Smith join Cooley from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. Hopkins joined Sheppard as a partner in 2001, and co-chaired the firm’s global corporate practice group. Smith also joined Sheppard in 2001 and became a partner in 2008.

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Kirkland & Ellis Strengthens West Coast Presence with Hires of Leading Corporate Attorneys in Los Angeles and San Francisco

Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that the Firm has expanded its West Coast corporate practice with the hiring of leading attorneys Michael S. Ringler and Rick C. Madden. Mr. Ringler will join the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco office and was previously a mergers and acquisitions partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Mr. Madden will join as a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office and was previously a corporate partner in the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

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Milbank Represents HS1, Ltd. in $915 Million Private Placement

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy represented HS1, Ltd. – a consortium of Borealis Infrastructure and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and owners of the High Speed 1 (“HS1”) railway in the UK – in a $915 million private placement issuance. The proceeds will go towards refinancing the $2.1 billion project costs incurred by HS1, Ltd. in 2010 when it won a 30-year concession to own and operate the railway from the UK government’s London & Continental Railways.

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