Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that David Blumental has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department.
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K&L Gates Bolsters Beijing Office with Corporate/M&A Partner Addition
The Beijing office of global law firm K&L Gates has added Frank Voon as a partner in its corporate/M&A practice. He joins the firm from Allen & Overy LLP.
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Prominent New York Appellate Lawyer Caitlin Halligan Joins Gibson Dunn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Caitlin Halligan is joining the firm as a partner in the New York office. Halligan, former General Counsel to the New York County District Attorney’s Office, will continue to focus on appellate law at Gibson Dunn.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises SunGard Data Systems in Split-Off of Availability Services Business
Shearman & Sterling advised SunGard Data Systems Inc. (“SunGard”), one of the world’s leading software and technology services companies, on the tax-free split-off of its Availability Services business. As a result, Sungard Availability Services, a leading provider of information availability through managed IT, cloud and recovery services, is now a separate, independent company with approximately $1.4 billion in annual revenue and its own Board of Directors.
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Jackson Walker Welcomes Daniel Nossa
Daniel Nossa is a partner in the Energy, Derivatives, and Investment Funds group at Jackson Walker. He advises public and private entities on commodity and financial transactions ranging from plain vanilla trades to complex multi-billion dollar structured deals. Mr. Nossa has extensive experience negotiating and drafting industry standard documentation such as the ISDA, GMSLA, MSLA, MSRA, EEI and NAESB agreements and many forms of credit support documents including CSAs, security agreements, guaranties and letters of credit. He advises dealers and end users on the Commodity Exchange Act and Dodd-Frank regulations. Mr. Nossa received his A.B., cum laude, from Princeton University and his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School.
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Arnold & Porter Represents Hungary in Its US$3 Billion Global Offering
Arnold & Porter LLP’s client Hungary recently closed a global offering of $3 billion in debt securities via BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities and J.P. Morgan. The $3 billion offering consisted of $1 billion Notes due 2019 and $2 billion Notes due 2024. The offering was one of the largest deals so far this year in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) region.
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Prominent Obama Administration Official Danielle Gray Returns to O’Melveny
O’Melveny & Myers LLP welcomes back Danielle Gray as a litigation partner. Gray will split her time between the Firm’s New York and Washington, DC, offices starting next month.
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Jenner & Block Welcomes Former SEC Leading Trial Lawyer Christian Bartholomew
Jenner & Block LLP today announces that Christian R. Bartholomew, prominent litigator and former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) senior trial counsel, has joined the firm as a partner in our D.C. office. He is a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice.
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Bird & Bird Appoints Another Top Corporate Lawyer in Germany
Bird & Bird is pleased to announce the appointment of well-known corporate law expert, Dr Peter Veranneman, as a partner in its Frankfurt and Dusseldorf offices.
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Davis Polk Advises Credit Suisse on the Spinout of DLJ Merchant Banking
Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Asset Management on the spinout of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners into an independent advisory firm called aPriori Capital Partners L.P. The DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III, L.P. and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners IV, L.P. private equity funds collectively represent approximately $2 billion of value across 22 portfolio companies as of December 31, 2013. Credit Suisse is one of the world’s leading financial services providers.
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