Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that James C. Williams has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Employment & Benefits Group.
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V&E Expands National IP Practice: Experienced Litigator Charles D. Ossola Joins DC Office
Charles D. Ossola, an intellectual property lawyer with extensive first-chair trial experience in courts throughout the United States, has joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as a partner in Washington, DC.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and BTG Pactual in US$400 Million Initial Equity Offering by InRetail Peru Corp.
Simpson Thacher represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Banco BTG Pactual S.A., as initial purchasers, in connection with the initial equity offering by InRetail Peru Corp.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Sao PauloSimpson Thacher Represents Morgan Stanley in $284.2 Million Secondary Offering of Common Stock by SBA Communications Corporation
The Firm represented Morgan Stanley as the sole underwriter in a secondary offering of 4,588,840 shares of Class A common stock of SBA Communications Corporation (“SBA”). The shares sold in the offering comprised all of the shares issued by SBA to the selling shareholders in connection with SBA’s acquisition of TowerCo. The offering closed on October 5, 2012 and resulted in gross proceeds to the selling shareholders of $284.2 million.
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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Opens Atlantic City Office
One of the nation’s premier gaming practice groups, chaired by named partner Frank Schreck, expanded its national, multi-jurisdictional platform with the opening of an Atlantic City office and the hiring of New Jersey gaming attorneysPaul O’Gara, Pacifico “Pat” Agnellini and Dennis Daly. The office opened today and is located at Absecon Professional Center, 707 White Horse Pike, Suite C-5, Absecon, NJ 08201.
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Paul Hastings Further Strengthens Global Compliance & Disputes and Global Banking & Payment Systems Practice Groups with Addition of New Partner
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Behnam Dayanim has joined the firm’s Global Compliance & Disputes and Global Banking & Payment Systems practice groups as a partner in the firm’s Washington D.C. office. Mr. Dayanim, a leading litigation and regulatory attorney, joins the firm from Axinn Veltrop Harkrider where he co-chaired the Litigation and Regulatory Group.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and co-collateral agent, and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in a $450 million ABL facility to finance private equity fund Lindsay Goldberg LLC’s joint venture with NuStar Logistics, L.P., a subsidiary of NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE: NS). The joint venture owns and operates refineries located in Paulsboro, New Jersey and Savannah, Georgia, at which it refines crude oil to produce asphalt and certain other refined petroleum products, and engages in the storage, terminaling, transportation and sale of such products.
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King & Wood Mallesons Advises DBP Group on Its A$155 Million Debt Facility
King & Wood Mallesons has advised DBP Group on its A$155 million, seven-year bank debt facility, provided by a syndicate of Japanese banks.
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsWhite-Collar Crime Lawyer Marion Bachrach Joins T&K in New York
The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Marion Bachrach as a Partner in the Firm’s Trial and Government practices in New York.
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Kirkland Represents Bain Capital in Agreement to Acquire Atento from Telefónica SA
Kirkland & Ellis represents Bain Capital Partners LLC in a definitive agreement announced today to acquire Atento, the call-center division of telecommunications company Telefónica SA. The transaction is valued at approximately €1 billion ($1.34 billion).
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