Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas S.A. and other financial institutions, in connection with the Italian, German and Finnish law aspects of a US$625 million term and revolving facilities agreement for the acquisition of Scotsman Industries, Inc. by Ali Group North America Corporation. The facilities were guaranteed by Italian parent company Ali S.p.A. and granted to its subsidiary Ali Group North America Corporation, as borrower.

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DLA Piper is strengthening its German restructuring practice through the recruitment of partners Dr Dietmar Schulz and Mike Danielewsky. At the beginning of the New Year, the two are moving from Salans LLP into the Frankfurt office of DLA Piper.

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DLA Piper served as lead counsel to Trident Microsystems, Inc., a publicly traded leader in the semiconductor sector in the digital television and set-top box industries, along with its 15 subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands, Asia and throughout Europe, as its Chapter 11 plan was confirmed by the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The plan will return a distribution of 90 percent to unsecured creditors of the Cayman Island company and 100 percent to unsecured creditors of the US parent company, and will provide a substantial return to equity holders of the US parent company.

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Pinsent Masons has strengthened its national planning and environment team with the recruitment of Mike Pocock as a partner.

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Genesis HealthCare (Genesis), one of the nation’s largest providers of skilled nursing and rehabilitation care, today announced that effective December 1, 2012 it completed the acquisition of Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (Sun) (NASDAQ GS: SUNH). Based in Irvine, California, Sun is a healthcare services company serving primarily the senior population. Sun owns SunBridge Healthcare, LLC, which, directly and through affiliates, operates skilled nursing facilities, assisted and independent living centers, and behavioral health centers in 23 states. Sun also owns SunDance Rehabilitation, CareerStaff Unlimited, and SolAmor Hospice.

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International law firm Ince & Co advised the banks arranging a US$250 million loan facility to Hoegh LNG, financing the construction of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to be delivered for the Klaipedos Nafta FSRU project in Lithuania.

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