Foley Hoag LLP today announced the opening of an office in New York City and the hiring of three new partners. The firm now has offices in Boston, Washington D.C., Paris and New York.

The three partners starting Foley Hoag’s New York office are: Peter Sullivan, Walter Egbert III and Daniel Schimmel. Under their leadership, the office will initially focus on intellectual property and international law and arbitration, two areas of strength for the firm. The firm expects that its New York office will expand over time into other practice areas where the firm excels. More >>

Jenner & Block LLP is pleased to announce that internationally renowned restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer Richard Levin – an author of the 1978 US Bankruptcy Code and recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Bankruptcy – is joining the firm as a partner in its New York office and becoming a member of its nationally recognized Bankruptcy, Workout and Corporate Reorganization Practice, effective May 18, 2015. More >>

Kirkland represented Landmark Partners in the formation and fundraising of Landmark Real Estate Partners VII, which held its final closing on April 28, 2015. With Kirkland’s assistance, the fund was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap of $1.6 billion in commitments. Investors in Fund VII include U.S. public pension plans, non-U.S. pension funds, foundations, private banks and high-net-worth individuals. Fund VII focuses on making real estate secondary investments for which Kirkland is routinely engaged as counsel More >>

Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representative of the initial purchasers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Quicken Loans Inc. (“Quicken Loans”) of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.750% senior notes due 2025. Proceeds of the offering will be used to pay a distribution to Quicken Loan’s shareholder and for general corporate purposes More >>

Drinker Biddle’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Team assisted Ironshore Inc., a broker-sourced specialty commercial property and casualty coverages provider domiciled in Bermuda, on the regulatory aspects of its $1.84 Billion acquisition by Fosun International Limited, a Chinese investment group. More >>