Marvin S. Lieber has joined the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC as a Member in the firm’s Business Counseling, Estates and Trusts and Tax Groups.

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Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance announced today that Ashley Prebble is to join the firm’s tier one ranked corporate insurance practice in London.

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Clifford Chance advised Cinven’s Fifth Fund, managed by European private equity investor Cinven, London, on the purchase of CeramTec, Plochingen (Germany). The purchase price amounts to EUR 1.49 billion. The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant regulatory authorities.

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Ellis & Winters is pleased to announce that Amy Richardson has recently joined the firm.

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CMS has appointed a new reinsurance partner in London, Simon Kilgour, strengthening its Insurance and Reinsurance Group.

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Citing the firm’s successful business model, commitment to clients and strong leadership, a number of seasoned shareholders and associates recently joined Polsinelli in several of its offices. The attorneys will practice in the firm’s St. Louis and Washington, D.C. offices assisting clients locally and nationally in environmental, toxic tort and commercial litigation, IP, government contracts, and construction related issues. In addition, the firm opened a regional Chattanooga, Tennessee office with four attorneys to serve national clients in corporate, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate matters. These prominent and highly experienced attorneys serve clients in a variety of industries including chemical manufacturing, health care, oil and gas exploration, and real estate.

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A Weil team advised Morgan Stanley on a senior unsecured 364-day high grade bridge facility in connection with the $2.65 billion acquisition of Longview Timber LLC, a US-based forestry company, by Weyerhaeuser Co., a US real estate trust that is one of the largest producer of wood and cellulose fibers, from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. The bridge facility and the acquisition were announced on June 17, 2013, and the acquisition is expected to close in July.

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A Stoel Rives legal team, led by Ronald G. Moffitt, Ronald J. Lone, Christopher J. (C.J.) Voss and Greg D. Corbin, assisted client Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in reaching agreement for the sales announced June 16 of both Longview Timber and Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging. The two separate transactions totaled $3.675 billion.

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