International law firm Proskauer announced today the arrival of Dr. Fangli Chen as a partner and vice chair of the Life Sciences Patent practice, and Daniel Klein as senior patent counsel, both resident in its Boston office. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP announced today that Dennis Orr will join the Firm’s Global Commercial Litigation Practice as a partner in its New York office. More >>
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Peter D. Hardy—a prominent white collar defense attorney known for his work representing corporations and individuals facing potential criminal tax issues—has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the Philadelphia office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. More >>
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Thomas J. Hayes has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. He is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice group. More >>
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Pryor Cashman LLP is pleased to announce that entertainment industry veteran Adam R. Mehr has joined the firm as a partner in the Media & Entertainment Group. Based in the firm’s Los Angeles office, Mehr joins Pryor Cashman from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP. Before that, he served for nine years as Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel for Gold Circle Entertainment, a leading independent producer, financier and distributor of motion pictures. More >>
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On March 14, 2016, The Fresh Market, Inc., a growing specialty grocery retailer, and affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby certain funds managed by Apollo, a leading global alternative investment manager, will acquire The Fresh Market for $28.50 per share in cash, or approximately $1.36 billion. Cravath is representing The Fresh Market in connection with this transaction. More >>
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Hunton & Williams LLP advised Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the “Company”) on an SEC-registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of first and refunding mortgage bonds, 2.500% series due 2023 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of first and refunding mortgage bonds, 3.875% series due 2046. More >>
Tags: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | New YorkAttorneys Kelly Ricke and Steven Mustoe join Roberts & Dixon LLC as members in Kansas City. Ricke brings an 18-year career in litigation to the firm. Mustoe has represented businesses in both transactional and litigation matters for over 30 years. Tim Tierney, managing member of the firm, made the announcement. More >>
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Davis Polk advised Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) on its debut SEC-registered takedown offering, which consisted of $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.934% senior notes due 2021, $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.784% senior notes due 2026 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate senior notes due 2021. More >>
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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Charles Torres has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice. Charles was previously a partner at Lowenstein Sandler LLP and the Co-Chair of its DUMBO office. He joins Perkins Coie in order to launch and lead its New York ECVC group. More >>
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