Moses & Singer LLP is pleased to announce that it acted as outside counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in their capacities as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the left-side Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner, and a Lender, as applicable, in the May 14, 2013 closing of a $14.6 billion senior secured credit facility for The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). More than 35 banks joined the lending syndicate.
Tags: Moses & Singer LLPOgletree Deakins Maintains Swift Growth in New York City with Addition of Shareholder Brian Gershengorn
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Brian Gershengorn as a shareholder in its New York City office. Gershengorn joins Ogletree Deakins from Proskauer Rose LLP, where he practiced in the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Department. The fourth shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins’ New York City office in 2013, Gershengorn represents clients in the hospitality, financial services, sports, entertainment, educational, and retail industries.
Tags: Ogletree Deakins | New YorkCleary Gottlieb Announces Leading International Arbitration Specialist Will Join as Partner in Frankfurt
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced today that Richard Kreindler will join the firm as a partner based in the Frankfurt office. Mr. Kreindler, currently a partner at Shearman & Sterling in Frankfurt, will be part of the firm’s international arbitration and litigation practice.
Tags: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | GermanyLeading Corporate Partner Joins Squire Sanders in Leeds
Squire Sanders has announced the appointment of corporate partner Hannah Kendrick, who has joined the firm from Eversheds.
Tags: Squire Patton BoggsRob Tyler Joins Spotts Fain Intellectual Property Team
We are pleased to announce that Robert M. Tyler has joined the firm’s litigation section. Before joining the firm, Rob was a partner with McGuireWoods’ Richmond Office.
Tags: Spotts Fain PCBallard Spahr and Stillman & Friedman Join Forces in New York City
The national law firm Ballard Spahr LLP and Stillman & Friedman, P.C., a Manhattan litigation boutique widely regarded as one of the top white collar criminal defense firms, have formed a new partnership in New York—Ballard Spahr Stillman & Friedman LLP. The partnership, which gives Ballard Spahr its 14th U.S. location and a prominent presence in New York, brings together two firms with dynamic litigation practices and creates a powerful force in white collar defense and securities litigation and enforcement.
Tags: Ballard Spahr LLP | New YorkClifford Chance Advises Sorouh on the AED46bn Merger with Aldar One of the Largest Ever M&A Transactions in MENA
Clifford Chance has advised Sorouh Real Estate PJSC on its successful merger with Aldar Properties PJSC, terms of which were agreed by their respective boards in January 2013 and approved by their respective shareholders in March 2013. The merger was recently approved by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and was declared effective by the Ministry of Economy upon close of trading on 27 June 2013.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | DubaiSeyfarth Formally Opens Doors of New Shanghai Office
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has moved into its new office premises at the recently completed Jing An Kerry Centre Tower II, located in Shanghai’s Jing An business district. The move marks the firm’s formal opening of its doors in China.
Tags: Seyfarth Shaw LLP | ShanghaiKevin R. Hackett Joins Proskauer to Enhance Private Equity Real Estate Platform
Proskauer announced today that Kevin R. Hackett has joined the firm as a member of the Private Equity Real Estate practice, resident in the New York office. Mr. Hackett’s extensive real estate experience will be a tremendous complement to Proskauer’s robust private equity real estate platform and seasoned team.
Tags: Proskauer Rose LLP | New YorkSRZ Secures Reorganization Plan for Quigley in Contentious Asbestos-Related Chapter 11 Case
SRZ successfully secured the confirmation of a reorganization plan for Quigley Company Inc. in its heavily litigated Chapter 11 case.
Tags: Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | New York