Kaye Scholer today announced that former Dewey & LeBoeuf Corporate Partner John R. Fallon, Jr. has joined the firm’s New York office. He brings with him former Dewey associate John Csuka.

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Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew Holland and Kirk Lipsey have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Insurance & Financial Services group. Mr. Holland’s practice will focus on insurance regulatory and corporate matters. Mr. Lipsey will focus on insurance industry transactions, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented GE Capital Markets as joint lead arranger and sole administrative agent for financing in support of KPS Capital Partners LP’s acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, Inc., the largest independent iron foundry in the world, from ThyssenKrupp Budd Company through a newly formed company, W Foundry International, Inc.

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In another major capital markets transaction in Latin America, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has served as legal advisor to the initial purchasers in a $146 million Rule 144A/Regulation S debt offering by leading Latin American restaurant operator Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc.

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Proskauer served as counsel to Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. in its pending purchase of Cost Plus, Inc.

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FKSA advised T-Mobile USA, Inc. in its negotiations of multi-year agreements with each of Ericsson Inc. and Nokia Siemens Networks US LLC for the modernization of T-Mobile’s mobile network and the deployment of 4G long term evolution (LTE) service. Under the agreements, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens will provide and install equipment at an aggregate of 37,000 T-Mobile cell sites across the nation and will provide associated software and services. The aggregate value of the two transactions is over $3 billion.

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Davis Polk is advising Technicolor S.A. in connection with an investment by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The PIPE will be carried out through Jesper Cooperatief, a Dutch investment vehicle jointly owned by One Equity Partners, the private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase, and JPMorgan Chase. Following the closing of the transaction, amounting to between €147 million and €158 million, Jesper will hold between 25.18% and 29.96% of the share capital of Technicolor. The closing of the transaction is subject to the shareholders’ approval as well as customary regulatory approvals.

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Proskauer has expanded its mergers and acquisitions capabilities with the addition of Lorenzo Borgogni as a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Borgogni, who joins from Dewey & LeBoeuf, will be based in Proskauer’s New York office.

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Hogan Lovells announced today that Martha N. Steinman has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office. Steinman has extensive experience in executive compensation, employee benefits, qualified and non-qualified plans, and welfare plans. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Steinman was a partner and co-chair of the Global Compensation, Benefits and Employment Department of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.

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Hogan Lovells announced today that James A. (Tony) FitzPatrick, Jr. has joined its New York office as Head of the U.S. Corporate Insurance Practice. FitzPatrick joins Hogan Lovells from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.

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