Chadbourne & Parke represented FOVISSSTE in the successful placement of its 13th mortgage loan portfolio securitization, known as TFOVIS, which amounted to US$404 million. The settlement of the Issuance on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV for its Spanish Acronym) took place on August 31.
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Manatt Expands Corporate Practice in New York
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that H.H. Sean Wee has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Practice. Wee comes to Manatt from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in New York.
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IP Litigator Bruce Chapman Joins Sheppard Mullin
Bruce G. Chapman has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s 70-attorney Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Chapman joins from Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, Sheppard Mullin added two IP litigation partners: Ed Anderson in Palo Alto and partner Jill Pietrini in Century City.
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King & Spalding Recruits Boyd Cloern to Its IP Practice in Washington, D.C.
King & Spalding has recruited Boyd Cloern as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office as the firm continues to expand its patent litigation practice across the United States. Cloern is the fifth patent litigator the firm has added to its IP practice in the past 16 months.
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Eversheds Adds Leading Competition Partner to City Practice
International law firm Eversheds has appointed SJ Berwin competition partner, Lesley Farrell as a partner in its EU, Competition and Regulatory Group.
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Reed Smith Adds Holstein-Childres as Partner
Reed Smith LLP, a leading global law firm, has added Victoria Holstein-Childress as a partner in its Financial Industry Group (FIG) resident in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
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Cravath – Credit Suisse’s Arrangement of Financing for Acquisition of DuPont Performance Coatings
On August 30, 2012, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which an affiliate of Carlyle Group LP will acquire its performance coatings unit for approximately $4.9 billion. Cravath represented Credit Suisse as a joint lead arranger of committed financing in connection with this transaction.
Tags: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | New YorkHolman Fenwick Sydney Head Quits for Reed Smith’s Hong Kong Spin-off
Holman Fenwick Willan’s Sydney head David Coogans is moving to Hong Kong to join Howse Williams Bowers, a firm established earlier this year by three of Reed Smith Richards Butler’s founding partners in Hong Kong.
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BLP’s Hires New Partner, Julian Stanier, as it Continues the Expansion of Its Corporate Finance Practice
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) today (3 September) announced that it has hired experienced corporate lawyer, Julian Stanier as a partner in its London Corporate Finance team. Julian’s considerable experience will add to the firm’s growing domestic and international transactional capabilities. His appointment follows the arrival of corporate M&A heavyweights, David Barnes and Alan Paul earlier this year and the appointments of Cath Shirley, Lisa O’Neill and Justin Cornelius, which were announced last month.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $1.55 Billion Initial Public Offering by BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust
Simpson Thacher recently represented the underwriters, led by UBS Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. in connection with an initial public offering of common shares of beneficial interest of BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust (the “Trust”). The offering raised approximately $1.55 billion or approximately $1.78 billion if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option in full.
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