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  • February 27, 2012 |

    Top US firms line up on $7.2bn Apollo-led energy LBO

    Five top US law firms have won roles as a private equity consortium led by Apollo Global Management has agreed to acquire El Paso Corporation's oil and gas exploration and production units in a $7.15bn (£4.5bn) leveraged buyout, reports The Am Law Daily. El Paso announced last week that it had reached an agreement to sell the businesses to a group composed of Apollo, Access Industries and Riverstone Holdings. The deal reportedly marks the second-largest private equity takeover of an energy producer.

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  • February 23, 2012 |

    No apologies - a coalface view on the US market regulator's no-guilt deals

    The Securities and Exchange Commission's no-guilt deals can be a boon to in-house lawyers, writes Corporate Counsel's Sue Reisinger...

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  • February 23, 2012 |

    CC and LG lead on $1.6bn Shell bid as oil giant targets East Africa

    Clifford Chance (CC) and LG have secured lead roles on Royal Dutch Shell's $1.6bn (£1bn) bid for oil exploration company Cove Energy, reports The Am Law Daily. Cove, which is based in London and holds oil and gas assets in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania, is being advised by LG, with corporate partners Geoff Gouriet and John Reed heading up the firm's team.

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  • February 16, 2012 |

    Travers Smith and CC advise on $90m mine financing in Sierra Leone

    Travers Smith and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken lead roles on the $90m (£57m) financing of London Mining's Marampa mine in Sierra Leone. Travers advised London Mining with a team led by corporate finance head Spencer Summerfield and corporate partner Adrian West, while CC advised the underwriters, JP Morgan Cazenove and Liberum Capital, led by London capital markets partner Iain Hunter.

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  • February 9, 2012 |

    Norton Rose acts on £349m HSBC sale of Thai operation to local bank

    Norton Rose has taken the lead role for HSBC on the THB17.5bn (£349m) sale of its Thai banking and wealth management business to Thailand's Bank of Ayudhya (BAY). Hong Kong corporate partner Richard Crosby led a six-strong team working out of Hong Kong and Bangkok, which included Bangkok corporate and finance partner Somboon Kitiyansub and Hong Kong-based corporate partner Phillip John, the head of the firm's North Asia practice.

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  • February 9, 2012 |

    Magic circle duo win roles on €8bn loan agreement

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have won roles relating to German car part manufacturer Schaeffler's new €8bn (£6.6bn) credit agreement. A&O is advising the company on the loan as well as a €2bn (£1.7bn) high-yield bond programme, which will be used to immediately repay part of the new bank facility. The firm's team was led by lawyers in Frankfurt and Munich including banking and finance partners Thomas Neubaum, Walter Uebelhoer and Oliver Waldburg, equity capital markets partners Oliver Seiler and Gernot Wagner, corporate partner Alexander Veith and tax partner Heike Weber.

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  • February 6, 2012 |

    Weil Gotshal posts 4% revenue rise for 2011 as partner profits grow 8%

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has posted a 4% rise in firmwide revenues alongside an 8% increase in partner profits, reports The Am Law Daily. The US firm, which saw both revenues and profits slip in 2010, enjoyed moderate growth in 2011, with revenues rising from $1.185bn (£753m) to $1.229bn (£781m).

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  • February 5, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Norton Rose, Orrick, Salans and Gide

    Former Slaughter and May partner Lucy Wylde has been appointed as general counsel of the Government's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG). Wylde left Slaughters in April last year to take up a position as GC of the Asset Protection Agency, which was set up by HM Treasury in the wake of the credit crunch to stabilise financial institutions affected by the downturn.

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  • February 2, 2012 |

    US duo win key legal roles as Facebook files for $5bn IPO

    US law firms Fenwick & West and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have secured the lead advisory roles on Facebook's much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) aftter the social networking giant filed for the $5bn (£3.2bn) listing yesterday (1 February), reports The Am Law Daily. According to the S-1 filing, Fenwick chairman Gordon Davidson and securities group co-chair Jeffrey Vetter are leading the team from the firm that has won the much-coveted lead counsel role for Facebook.

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  • February 1, 2012 |

    Hogan Lovells equity capital markets chief quits to join Latham's City arm

    Hogan Lovells equity capital markets (ECM) head Richard Brown has resigned from the firm to join Latham & Watkins. Brown's hire was confirmed through a partner vote at Latham last night (31 January) with his start date yet to be announced.

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