Law Firm News

---

Law Firm News

Firm Name

News Title

News

News Date

25383 matches |  14953-14959 displayed

1  2136 2137 2138 2139 2140  3627

---

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Cap Cana S.A. in $250 Million Senior Secured Notes Offering
The Firm represented Cap Cana S.A. of the Dominican Republic in connection with its offering of 9.625% senior secured notes due 2013. The notes, which were rated at the sovereign ceiling by both Moody’s and Fitch, are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by a portion of Cap Cana's real property and by a pledge certain receivables to be constructed from the net proceeds of the Notes.

This transaction was the largest ever corporate debt offering by a Dominican issuer and had the lowest coupon of any Dominican corporate issuer.

Cap Cana is developing the largest resort and second home destination in the Caribbean and one of the largest in the world. The Company, which has been a client of the Firm since its inception in 2001, is part of Grupo Abrisa, which also controls Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI, another client of the Firm. Cap Cana will use the net proceeds from notes offering to repay existing debt and to complete construction of infrastructure and real estate products to be pledged as security for the Notes.

The offering was underwritten by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

11-14-2006

---

Proskauer & Rose, LLP

Proskauer Rose Promotes 17 Attorneys
Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 700 lawyers in the United States and Europe, announced that it has promoted 14 attorneys to partner and three to senior counsel.

"It is with immense pride and pleasure that we announce the promotion of this group of our most highly-respected and gifted attorneys," said Allen I. Fagin, Chairman of Proskauer Rose. "These promotions are an acknowledgment and celebration of the unique talents and accomplishments of each of them as well as the strength of our firm and our confidence in all we will accomplish in the future.

11-14-2006

---

Piper Rudnick, L.L.P.

DLA Piper Italy's Real Estate practice continues to grow
DLA Piper today announced the appointment of Matteo Troni who has joined the real estate team as a partner. Prior to joining DLA Piper Matteo was the Italian General Counsel at Foruminvest, an international real estate development company.

Matteo is an experienced real estate lawyer who advises both property developers and institutional clients in domestic and cross border transactions. His particular areas of expertise include advising on joint venture acquisition vehicles, feasibility and structuring of development projects, and procurement and investment financing. Earlier in his career Matteo worked at Studio Legale Chiomenti and Freshfields, before joining DLA Piper.

Matteo has a degree in law from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Federico Sutti, Managing Partner of DLA Piper's Italian offices, commented: "We are delighted that Matteo decided to joins us. This is a vote of confidence in our strategic orientation and for one of Italy's leading real estate teams."

DLA Piper's real estate practice is considerable active as a result of growing interest from foreign investors. The team provides a full range of real estate transactional work, including real estate finance and taxation. Following Matteo's appointment the team now has four partners and 14 fee earners headed by Olaf Schmidt.

11-14-2006

---

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Leading Consumer Privacy Advocate Janlori Goldman Joins Manatt Health Solutions
Manatt Health Solutions (MHS) the interdisciplinary policy and business advisory division of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, one of the nation's premier law and consulting firms announced today that Janlori Goldman has joined MHS as a Senior Advisor in its New York office. Ms. Goldman is joining MHS at a time when health care is undergoing a fundamental transformation as a result of the increasing use of digital health information. Ms. Goldman will join a team of Manatt professionals who advise a broad range of stakeholders with respect to how to ensure health care consumers have access to and control over their personal health information.

Ms. Goldman is one of the country’s leading medical privacy rights advocates. She has testified before the U.S. Congress numerous times and co-founded the Center for Democracy and Technology, a non-profit civil liberties organization dedicated to preserving free speech and privacy on the Internet. She has worked for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and was a staff attorney and Director of the Privacy and Technology Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. While at the ACLU, Ms. Goldman led efforts to protect people’s health, credit and financial information held by the government and helped to enact the Video Privacy Protection Act.

“Janlori Goldman’s dedication to ensuring that people’s healthcare information is safeguarded is beyond compare,” said Bill Bernstein, co-chair of Manatt’s Government and Regulatory Division, and Administrative Partner of the New York Office. “Janlori is one of the country’s foremost experts on this subject. She has been in the trenches fighting for privacy rights for over 20 years – from helping to pass legislation, to educating consumers and policy makers, to her numerous writings on the issue. ”

Goldman’s Health Privacy Project was instrumental in helping to shape the privacy regulation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and has been active in monitoring the HIPAA privacy law’s enforcement, and promoting confidentiality policies and practices in the development of health information exchange networks.

“Coming to Manatt Health Solutions is the perfect compliment to my medical privacy rights practice,” said Ms. Goldman. “The professionals at Manatt represent some of the leading experts in the healthcare policy field. I am pleased to be joining such an impressive group of individuals.”

Ms. Goldman will continue to serve as Director of the consumer-advocacy group the Health Privacy Project, which she founded, and will remain a member of the Research Faculty at the Center on Medicine as a Profession at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Ms. Goldman received her BA in 1979 from Macalester College and her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1984.

11-14-2006

---

Adams & Reese LLP

Adams and Reese Welcomes National Transportation Officials: Memphis Regional Chamber and Regional Law Firm Host Opening Reception for Commission Members and U.S. Secretary of Transportation
On November 14, the law firm of Adams and Reese LLP and the Memphis Regional Chamber will co-host a reception for U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Mary Peters, and five other commissioners responsible for reporting on the country’s future surface transportation needs to Congress next year. The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission will conduct hearings and technical tours in Memphis and New York City on November 15 and 16.

“Memphis is the epicenter of logistics and commerce in the South. I suspect that’s why they chose Memphis. Memphis is certainly where we want to be to serve our clients and remain out front in economic development,” according to Managing Partner, Charles P. Adams, Jr. The hearings will be attended by representatives from numerous industries throughout the southern Unites States as well as state and municipal officials.

The Commission will hear from Federal Express, Wal-Mart and Nike, among others, as well as Adams and Reese attorney, State Senator Mark Norris. Norris chairs the Economic Development and Transportation Committee of the 16-state Southern Legislative Conference. He will discuss regional opportunities for economic development and intergovernmental innovation.

“Our task is to help find solutions to problems. Funding, congestion and increasing demands upon limited resources call for creative thinking if we are to remain competitive,” said Norris.

According to James McLaren, head of the Adams and Reese Economic Development Team, “We expect these public hearings to further demonstrate the importance of Memphis and the Southern United States to commerce nationally and around the world. We are proud to support the Regional Chamber in this special opportunity.”

Adams and Reese has more than 50 years experience working with local, regional, national and international clients in regulatory, financial, corporate, litigation, transportation and economic development matters.

Adams and Reese entered the Tennessee market in 2005 when it merged with the law firm of Stokes Bartholomew in Nashville, and opened its Memphis office in May 2006.

11-14-2006

---

Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP

Willkie Settles Proxy Contest for Third Point LLC
A team of Willkie attorneys represented Third Point LLC in a settlement agreement with Nabi Biopharmaceuticals to end Third Point’s consent solicitation to remove a majority of Nabi’s directors and to call upon Nabi’s directors to fill the vacancies with individuals nominated by Third Point. Under the settlement, two of Third Point’s nominees were added to Nabi’s board, and the board formed a special committee to pursue strategic alternatives. The special committee consists of five directors, including the two Third Point nominees (one of whom will be chairman), one director designated by Nabi’s board, and two additional directors designated by Third Point’s nominees. Nabi will also reimburse up to $250,000 of Third Point’s consent solicitation costs.

This is the third successful proxy contest that Willkie has run for Third Point in the past year. The other contests were for representation on the boards of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which also settled favorably to Third Point, and Massey Energy Company, which went to a stockholder meeting at which both of Third Point’s nominees were elected.

The Nabi Biopharmaceuticals consent solicitation was handled by partners Michael Schwartz and Tariq Mundiya and associates Matthew Guercio and Jeffrey Fang.

11-14-2006

---

White & Case, LLP

Pakistani Corporate Issuer Hits the Market in High Yield First
White & Case acted for Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited ("PMCL") in its debut high yield issue of $250 million 8.625% Senior Notes due 2013. The issue is the first Rule 144A/Regulation S high yield bond offering to date by a Pakistani corporate issuer, as well as being the first international corporate bond issue by a Pakistani corporate issuer since 1994. The proceeds of the issue will be used by PMCL to refinance its recent bridge facility as well as to fund ongoing capital expenditure. ABN AMRO Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. were Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers, with CI Capital Holding acting as Co-Lead Manager.

"To complete the first high yield issue in such a challenging market is an exciting development. There were a number of regulatory challenges to overcome, such as approval of the national securities regulator, tax authorities and the State Bank of Pakistan, in order to bring the offering to market," commented Rob Mathews, lead White & Case partner advising on the deal. "The regulatory approvals process was quite complicated due to the fact that international bond offerings by corporate issuers have not been attempted in Pakistan since the early 1990s, since which time Pakistan has undergone significant governmental change."

The White & Case team advising PMCL on the issue was led by high yield partner Rob Mathews in London, assisted by senior associate Anne Marie Salan, associates Geraldine Pellerin and Adrian Lawrence and trainee Teresa Hettich, working closely with project finance partner Chris Utting and associate Natalya Parkhomenko, who advised PMCL on its $100 million bridge facility with ABN AMRO N.V. and Deutsche Bank AG.

"Telecom finance has been a growth area for us, not only in Western Europe, but also in a number of challenging emerging market jurisdictions. This deal is an excellent example of our telecoms finance, emerging markets and high yield capabilities converging," remarked partner Chris Utting. "The mobile telecoms sector in Pakistan has grown rapidly within the last few years, and our client needed alternatives to bank financing arrangements. The PMCL high yield issue exemplifies the expanded range of products which we are able to offer our corporate clients needing finance in such emerging market jurisdictions."

Headquartered in Islamabad, PMCL is a leading mobile telecommunications provider in Pakistan operating under the brand name "Mobilink." As of June 30, 2006, it had over 17 million subscribers in Pakistan, generating net total revenues of $669 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. PMCL is a majority owned subsidiary of Egyptian-based telecoms provider Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E., which also has mobile telecommunications businesses in Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

11-14-2006

---

25383 matches |  14953-14959 displayed

1  2136 2137 2138 2139 2140  3627