Jenner & Block LLP is pleased to announce that Uri Doron, a mergers and acquisitions and private equity practitioner, has joined its New York office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department.  The cross-border focus of Mr. Doron’s M&A practice will help further expand thefirm’s international capabilities.

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The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announces that three Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP attorneys have joined the firm’s Labor & Employment practice as partners in the New York office.

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Shearman & Sterling represented Caixa Econômica Federal, the largest fully government-owned bank in Latin America, in connection with the issuance of US$1,250,000,000, 4.500% senior notes due 2018 under its US$5,000,000,000 medium-term note program. The notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., BB Securities Ltd., Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as joint lead managers.

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Davis Polk is advising Millicom International Cellular S.A. (Millicom) in connection with the $4.4 billion merger of its Colombian telecommunications business, conducted through Colombia Móvil S.A. (Colombia Móvil), with UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones S.A. (UNE), a subsidiary of Empresas Públicas de Medellín E.S.P. – EPM (EPM). The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, including approval by UNE’s bondholders, is expected to close during the first half of 2014.

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Davis Polk is advising Solvay S.A. on its $1.345 billion acquisition of The Chemlogics Group, LLC. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

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Strengthening its litigation and white-collar compliance and defense capabilities, Fox Rothschild is pleased to welcome former federal prosecutor and Independent Counsel for the Whitewater investigation Robert Ray as a partner in the firm’s New York office.

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Mayer Brown announced that it acted as special securities counsel for Plastipak Holdings, Inc., a leading global designer, manufacturer and supplier of plastic packaging containers and preforms, in connection with its offering of $375 million of 6.50% Senior Notes due 2021. The proceeds from the offering will be used to finance Plastipak’s tender offer for its outstanding Senior Notes due 2019 and general corporate purposes.

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Chadbourne & Parke announced today that two of the nation’s most prominent municipal bankruptcy lawyers, Lawrence A. Larose and Samuel S. Kohn, have joined the firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring practice as partners in their New York office. They come from Winston & Strawn, where they represented major creditors in virtually every recent major municipal restructuring, both in and out of court. Larose also served as Chair of Winston & Strawn’s Municipal Bankruptcy and Insolvency group.

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Chadbourne & Parke announced today that leading investment management lawyer Beth Kramer has joined the firm as a partner in the private funds practice. Kramer joins the firm from K&L Gates, where she focused her practice on investment management, private funds and SEC regulatory and compliance issues.

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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is delighted to announce the recruitment of Scott S. Balber to its leading dispute resolution practice. Scott joins Herbert Smith Freehills as a partner in New York, where he will become the firm’s Head of Investigations and Financial Services Litigation for the US and establish the firm’s US corporate crime and investigation practice.

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