Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that Ivan Presant and Joseph Cosentino have joined the firm as M&A partners in New York. The two were previously partners at Dewey & LeBoeuf, where they represented clients on a wide variety of acquisitions, dispositions and other mergers and acquisitions-related activity.

SNR Denton announced today that David Klein has joined the firm as a partner in its global Hotels and Leisure practice. Klein joins SNR Denton from Advaya Hospitality, where he was a principal, chief administrative officer and general counsel.

Global law firm White & Case LLP successfully represented Anchorage Capital in getting a chapter 11 plan approved for the liquidation of Zais Investment Grade Limited VII, a Cayman Islands-based distressed CDO.

The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup, RBS, Barclays Capital, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan, in the public offering of $800 million of floating rate notes due 2013 of Kraft Foods Inc. (“Kraft”). The notes must be redeemed before Kraft spins off its North American grocery business.

Proskauer announced the expansion of its Antitrust Group with the addition of Helene D. Jaffe as a Partner in New York City and co-head of the practice.

New York, New York, January 9, 2012.  Morrison Cohen LLP announced today the admission to the firm of its newest lateral partner, Bruce P. Levine.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Gary Eisenberg has joined the firm’s New York office as Partner in the firm’s Financial Transactions & Restructuring practice. He joins the firm from Herrick, Feinstein LLP.

Global law firm White & Case LLP today announced it is representing a group of bondholders, including institutional holders and secondary holders, with more than $800 million of secured bonds from Rescap.

Wragge & Co’s Life Sciences team has advised ProStrakan Group plc on a cross-border licensing and distribution agreement with international pharmaceutical company Aptalis Pharma Inc. The deal is Wragge & Co’s first major instruction from ProStrakan, the international specialty pharmaceutical company which is part of the Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd. (KHK) group of companies.

Shearman & Sterling is representing B/E Aerospace in its acquisition of UFC Aerospace Corp. in a transaction valued at approximately $400 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012.