Ropes & Gray Counsels Dunkin’ Brands on $2.4 Billion Whole-Company Securitization

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Ropes & Gray is advising Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. on the planned refinancing of its senior secured credit facility with a new $2.4 billion securitized financing facility. The new facility is expected to be comprised of $2.3 billion of senior fixed-rate term notes and $100 million of variable funding notes. Dunkin’ Brands is the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins. The offering was announced Jan. 6 and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015. More >>

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Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Continues National Growth with Addition of Janis Meyer

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced that Janis M. Meyer will join its New York office as a partner in the Lawyers for the Profession® practice group, effective January 1, 2015. Ms. Meyer will focus her practice on professional responsibility, legal ethics, risk management, human resources and insurance matters.

Prior to joining Hinshaw, Ms. Meyer was a partner and General Counsel at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, and subsequently served as a member of its Wind-Down Committee, overseeing the bankruptcy filing in 2012 and the wind-down of the firm. She has continued to serve as a consultant to the Dewey & LeBoeuf Liquidation Trust. More >>

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Burr & Forman Continues Fort Lauderdale Expansion With New Commercial Litigation Partner

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Burr & Forman LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Laurence S. Litow as a partner in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office and a member of the Commercial Litigation practice group. He was previously a partner with Roetzel & Andress. Litow’s arrival follows the firm’s recent relocation to a larger office in Fort Lauderdale to accommodate the growth of the firm’s South Florida practice since the office opened in 2012. More >>

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Andrew Brady, Formerly of the SEC, Joins Akin Gump

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Akin Gump today announced that Andrew J. Brady, a former special counsel in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Office of Chief Counsel of the Division of Corporation Finance, has joined the firm as a corporate partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Brady comes to Akin Gump from Skadden Arps, where he served as a primary point of contact on complex matters arising under various securities regulations and the listing standards of the major stock markets. More >>

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Blank Rome Adds Top White Collar Defense Attorneys To New York Office

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Jeff Hoffman and Susan Wolfe have joined the Firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations group in New York. Mr. Hoffman joins the Firm as a partner with more than 40 years of criminal defense experience, representing politicians, business leaders, attorneys, and many others in scores of federal and state cases. Ms. Wolfe, who joins Blank Rome as of counsel, also works with individuals facing criminal prosecution, focusing primarily on cases at the appellate level. Mr. Hoffman, a founding partner of Hoffman & Pollock, and Ms. Wolfe, also a partner at that firm, have moved their practices to Blank Rome. More >>

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Nossaman Expands Public Pensions and Investments Practice in California With Ashley Dunning and Michael Toumanoff

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Nossaman LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Ashley Dunning and Michael Toumanoff to the Firm’s Public Pensions and Investments Practice Group. Ms. Dunning will be based in the Firm’s San Francisco office as a Partner and Co-Chair of the Public Pensions and Investments Group, and Mr. Toumanoff will be based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office as Of Counsel. Both join from Manatt Phelps & Phillips. More >>

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