Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Sarah M. Paxson as a partner in the Firm’s Dallas office. Ms. Paxson focuses her practice on patent infringement, trade secret and trademark litigation. In addition to providing litigation and litigation avoidance services, she counsels clients on licensing issues and proper development and management of intellectual property assets.
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP today announced that David Y. Dickstein has joined the firm as a partner in its Financial Services Practice out of New York. Mr. Dickstein focuses his work on providing counsel to hedge funds, investment companies, investment advisors and broker-dealers on regulatory, compliance and operational issues. Additionally, he has broad experience in advising businesses responding to investigations by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Prior to joining Katten, Mr. Dickstein was a partner in the New York office of K&L Gates LLP, where he spent his entire career since graduation from law school.
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Simpson Thacher represented Talanx Aktiengesellschaft (“Talanx”) as U.S. counsel in connection with its initial public offering of ordinary shares in Germany and Luxembourg and simultaneous Rule 144A and Regulation S offering. The offering raised approximately €517 million (approx. $674 million).
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Cahill represented Bank of America, as administrative agent, in connection with a new $2,000,000,000 revolving credit facility for HCA, Inc. that replaced HCA’s existing revolving credit facility.
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Shearman & Sterling has secured another legal victory for client The Dow Chemical Company in a ruling related to the record $2.1 billion ICC arbitral award announced in May 2012.
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Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Nuance Communications, Inc. of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% senior notes due 2020. The notes reopen a prior offering of $700 million principal amount of notes in August 2012.
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Osborne Clarke, the international law firm with an annual turnover of €150m, is about to open a new office in Hamburg. The office brings the firm’s sector expertise to a city that is Northern Europe’s most important economic centre and the gateway to Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic regions.
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International law firm Reed Smith (known in Hong Kong as Reed Smith Richards Butler) today announced the appointment of new partner Jason Toms to its global shipping group in Hong Kong. Jason joins with associate Joyce Cheung and both will join the firm’s Hong Kong office from Stephenson Harwood Hong Kong.
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Willkie recently represented MetLife, Inc. in the remarketing of (i) $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.756% Series C Senior Component Debentures, Tranche 1 and (ii) $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.048% Series C Senior Component Debentures, Tranche 2. The Series C Debentures were originally issued in November 2010 as $1 billion aggregate principal amount of Series C Senior Debentures due 2023, which formed part of MetLife’s 40 million Common Equity Units, with an aggregate stated amount at issuance of $3 billion.
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Covington & Burling served as ERISA counsel to Verizon Communications Inc. on its transfer of $7.5 billion in pension liabilities to The Prudential Insurance Company of America.
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