Brown Rudnick LLP, an international Am Law 200 law firm with offices in the US and Europe, announced today that former federal prosecutor Alex Lipman and Ashley L. Baynham have joined the firm as partners in the White Collar Defense & Government Investigations group in the New York office. Both were formerly partners at Nixon Peabody. More >>

Cravath represented the agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in connection with the arrangement of a $4 billion five‑year revolving credit facility for Hess Corporation, a leading independent energy company engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas with operations in more than a dozen countries. The transaction closed on January 21, 2015. More >>

Continuing the momentum of recent prominent partner hires in the banking and finance sector, Dentons announced today that Jeffrey Dunetz joined the Firm’s Corporate practice in New York, bolstering the Firm’s capabilities in representing financial institutions in commercial lending and cross-border debt financings. More >>

On February 11, 2015, Rite Aid, one of the nation’s leading drugstore chains, and Envision Pharmaceutical Services (“EnvisionRx”), a national pharmacy benefit management company, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rite Aid will acquire EnvisionRx in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion. Cravath represented Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo and Credit Suisse as lead arrangers of an aggregate of $1.8 billion of committed debt financing. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and is anticipated to close by September 2015. More >>

Carlton Fields Jorden Burt is pleased to announce the addition of prominent corporate and real estate attorney, Frank J. Cerza, a shareholder in the firm’s New York office. Cerza is member of the firm’s Business Transactions practice group. He will also work closely with the firm’s International and Real Estate and Commercial Finance practice groups and he will chair the firm’s Italian Desk. More >>

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 >>

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 >>