Rogelio Carrasquillo and Felipe Berer have joined Akerman Senterfitt’s Corporate Practice Group and Latin America & the Caribbean Practice as shareholder and of counsel respectively. Carrasquillo will be based out of the firm’s New York office and Berer out of the firm’s Miami office.

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AarhusKarlshamn (AAK)—one of the world’s leading producers of high value-added specialty vegetable oils and fats—announced that it will strengthen its position in the North American Food Service market by acquiring Oasis Foods Company.

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Davis Polk is advising Eike Batista’s EBX Group on a strategic investment by GE. Specifically, GE will make a $300 million investment in exchange for a preferred interest in Centennial Asset Brazilian Equity and other offshore holding companies of the EBX group.

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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLPannounced that Hyun Chung has joined the firm as a shareholder in its New York Corporate & Securities Practice.  Chung will focus on enhancing the firm’s practice in Korea and throughout Asia.  Prior to joining the firm, Chung was Director and  Counsel at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, where he advised across a wide range of structured products and derivatives, having previously practiced law as Senior Corporate Attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York.

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Proskauer advised long-term client Accor S.A. on the proposed sale of its United States Economy Hotels Division to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII for $1.9 billion. The network includes Motel 6, the iconic North American brand, and Studio 6, an extended-stay economy chain, and comprises 1,102 hotels in the United States and Canada. The transaction is the largest in the U.S. lodging industry since 2010.

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Global law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges represented Edwards Group Ltd., which has its headquarters in Crawley, UK, in connection with its initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York. Shares of the manufacturer of industrial vacuum equipment were priced at $8 per share; and trading of the approximately 12.5 million shares on offer commenced on May 11. At pricing, the market capitalisation of Edwards Group was $903 million. The IPO closed on May 16.

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Shearman & Sterling represented The Dow Chemical Company in its major arbitration victory announced today—in which Dow was awarded more than $2.1 billion. This case arose from the withdrawal by Petrochemical Industries Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Company, from a planned joint venture with Dow.

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Beam Inc., the fourth largest premium spirits company in the world, in a $600 million SEC registered notes public offering and sale.

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Davis Polk is advising Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. (Wanda) on its approximately $2.6 billion acquisition of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC). As part of the transaction, Wanda intends to invest up to an additional $500 million in AMC over time to fund AMC’s strategic and operating initiatives. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and U.S. and Chinese regulatory approvals.

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Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Domnick Bozzetti, a highly experienced executive compensation and employee benefits partner, has joined the Tax Department in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Bozzetti’s capabilities expand the firm’s ability to advise clients on the federal tax aspects of executive compensation and employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bozzetti also has extensive experience counseling public companies on other executive compensation issues, including disclosure issues in annual proxy statements and other filings.

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