Holland & Knight announced the opening today of its 18th U.S. office in Dallas, Texas. The office will initially include 12 partners who practice in the areas of corporate and commercial finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and bankruptcy: James C. Chadwick, M. Matthew Fontane, Michelle White Suarez, Robert W. Jones, Scott C. Wallace, Kenneth M. Vesledahl, Fred S. Stovall, James L. Baker, Eric W. Kimball, Anthony J. Herrera, Brent R. McIlwain, and Eric M. Pfeifle. The firm also has hired 10 associate lawyers and a senior counsel to practice in the new office, and expects to make additional hires in the future.
Tags: Holland & Knight LLP | DallasMorgan Lewis to Expand to Dubai, Further Strengthens London Energy Capabilities
Morgan Lewis today announced that it plans to open an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the additions of Ayman A. Khaleq—a leading structured finance and debt capital markets lawyer in the Middle East region who has a particular knowledge of Islamic finance—and Jim Knight—a corporate and transactional lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in energy and other industries. They are joined by London-based energy transactions partner Lewis Jones, whose fluency in the development and financing of international energy projects under English law solidifies the trio’s top-shelf service for clients with interests in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia.
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | DubaiDirector of SEC’s Chicago Regional Office to Join Morgan Lewis’s Litigation Practice
Morgan Lewis today announced that Merri Jo Gillette—who served as Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chicago Regional Office from 2004 to 2013—will join the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice beginning in September, resident in Chicago.
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPBaker Botts Advises Bowie Resources in Acquisition of Canyon Fuels
On June 27, 2013, Bowie Resources, LLC (“Bowie”) entered into a purchase agreement with Arch Coal, Inc. (“Arch”) under which Arch will sell to Bowie its wholly-owned subsidiary, Canyon Fuel Company, LLC (“Canyon Fuel”), for $435 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments for working capital and other items.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | HoustonJones Day Welcomes Banking & Finance Partner Michelle Taylor in Hong Kong
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Michelle Taylor and her team have joined the Firm’s Banking & Finance Practice. Formerly Asia Managing Partner and China Office Leader with Orrick, Michelle will be based in the Firm’s Hong Kong Office.
Tags: Jones Day | Hong KongKing & Spalding Adds Partner David J. Farber to FDA and Life Sciences Practice
King & Spalding added David J. Farber, a life sciences and healthcare regulatory litigation specialist, as a partner in its Food and Drug Administration, life sciences and healthcare practices in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Farber was a partner at Patton Boggs.
Tags: King & Spalding LLPSimpson Thacher Represents OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. in its Ps. 5.90 Billion (US$458.5 Million) Rule 144A/Regulation S Offering
The Firm represented OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of an aggregate of 209,700,401 Series I shares of common stock, which raised approximately Ps. 5.90 billion (approximately US$458.5 million) in net proceeds. OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. is a leading transportation infrastructure concession operator in the private sector in Mexico. The Series I shares of common stock of OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. are listed on the Mexico Stock Exchange. UBS and BBVA acted as the global coordinators and joint bookrunners, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan acted as joint bookrunners and Societe General acted as co-manager.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Offering of Preferred Shares of Cementos Argos
The Firm recently represented J.P. Morgan, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Itaú BBA, Banca de Inversión Bancolombia and Valores Bancolombia, as initial purchasers, in connection with the first ever simultaneous offering in the Colombian and international markets of 209,300,000 preferred shares issued by Cementos Argos S.A. The offering was made to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. A total of approximately $880 million in net proceeds was raised in the offering.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkFoley Bolsters Intellectual Property Group With Addition of Marc Morley in San Diego/Del Mar
Foley announced today that Marc T. Morley has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and Chemical, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Practice as a partner in the San Diego/Del Mar office.
Tags: Foley & Lardner LLPDavis Polk Adds Finance Partner Monica Holland
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP today announced that Monica L. Holland will join the firm in New York as a partner in its Credit Group. The addition of Ms. Holland, who is highly experienced in corporate and leveraged finance, further strengthens Davis Polk’s distinguished banking and finance practice, widely recognized as among the best in the nation.
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