Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Tracey Davies has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner. Previously at Vinson & Elkins, she will continue to focus on patent litigation, primarily in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | DallasGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Joshua Soven has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner.
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The Charlotte office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Stacy G. Ackermann and Nachael L. Bright as partners in the firm’s real estate investment, development and finance practice. Both join the firm from Alston & Bird LLP.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the State Treasury of the Republic of Poland in connection with the offering and sale of US$2 billion principal amount of 3.000% Notes due 2023. The offering was registered in the United States under the Republic of Poland’s shelf registration statement. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs International and HSBC Bank plc acted as joint lead managers for the offering.
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Jason A. Weiss has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group, based in the firm’s Orange County office. Weiss joins from Allen Matkins in Orange County.
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Cooley LLP announced today that Geoff Willard has joined its Reston, Virginia office as a partner in the Business department. Willard, who practiced with Cooley previously from 2000 through 2005, returns to Cooley from VLP Law Group LLP where he chaired that firm’s Corporate, Securities and M&A group. Prior to VLP, he was a partner in the corporate, M&A and emerging companies practice of DLA Piper.
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Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters (led by RBS Securities Inc.) in connection with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc’s global offering of $2.0 billion of 2.550% Senior Notes due 2015.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling is advising InterContinentalExchange, a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter markets, in connection with its agreement to acquire a 79.12% interest in the derivatives and spot natural gas business of APX-Endex from N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, the European gas infrastructure company, for an undisclosed sum.
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Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Public Policy Group partner Eric Edwards to the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. With nearly 20 years of senior public policy experience on Capitol Hill and in the private sector, Edwards will provide strategic counseling to firm clients on government affairs matters in the areas of banking, securities, financial institutions, and general business, with a particular focus on the implementation of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and other financial regulatory matters. Edwards’ legislative experience includes senior staff positions in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and most recently an in-house policy advisor position with a Fortune 100 company.
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Holland & Knight represented Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (formerly Sepracor) in its $430 million acquisition of Elevation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company that specializes in aerosol therapies for patients with respiratory diseases. The deal was finalized on September 4th.
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