Cahill represented Bank of America as administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with the $610,000,000 credit facilities comprised of a $460,000,000 Term B loan and revolver and a $150,000,000 Second Lien Term B loan for Berlin Packaging L.L.C.

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Wragge & Co has increased its international IP offering with the appointment of Dr. Caroline Cichon as a new partner in Munich. Dr.Caroline Cichon joins the firm from Bird & Bird. Her appointment and the promotion of brands specialist Kate Swaine in the UK take the total number of IP partners at the firm to 13.

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Herbert Smith Freehills announced today the opening of its first two offices in Germany, Frankfurt and Berlin, which will operate as Herbert Smith Freehills Germany LLP.

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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that corporate partner Dr. Philipp Grzimek will join the Firm’s Frankfurt Office, and the Düsseldorf Office will welcome Intellectual Property Practicepartner Dr. Jakob Guhn. Both Dr. Grzimek (43), who comes to the Firm from Hogan Lovells, and Dr. Guhn (37), who comes to the Firm from Field Fisher Waterhouse, will arrive on May 1. These appointments for Jones Day in Germany follow the arrival of Mergers & Acquisitions partner Dr. Wolfgang Hölters from Orrick, Hölters & Elsing, and the arrivals of Banking & Finance partners Annica Lindegren and Ulf Kreppel from White & Case and Claudia Leyendecker from Luther, along with their teams. In the last 15 months, Jones Day has almost doubled the number of partners in its German offices by adding 18 lateral and up-through-the-ranks lawyers to the partnership.

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Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has appointed partner Axel Löhde to strengthen its German corporate practice.

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Hogan Lovells has successfully acted for the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) in a EUR1.1 billion government liability damages claim brought by Danish group GN Store Nord, the world’s largest maker of headsets.

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Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has appointed partner Anne Kleffmann and two new associates to strengthen its German employment law practice.

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International law firm Clifford Chance has advised British investor Rockspring Property Investment Managers (“Rock-spring”) as fund manager of German Retail Box (Jersey) Properties Limited (“GRBF”) in connection with the granting of a loan in the amount of 275 million Euros. The loan was granted to refinance a real estate portfolio.

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We are delighted to announce that Ralf Thaeter, a Senior Corporate Partner at Gleiss Lutz, will join us as our first partner in Germany.

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The Baltic Sea Region Law Firm Magnusson announces the launch of a new office in Berlin by hiring Mannheimer Swartling partner Dr Thomas Kaiser-Stockmann to lead the new team, effective as of March 2013.

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