New York – June 11, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising the D. E. Shaw group in its definitive merger agreement with James River Group, Inc. (James River) under which a Bermuda-based holding company organized by the D. E. Shaw group will acquire James River in a transaction with a total equity value of approximately $575 million.
The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with approximately $30 billion in aggregate investment capital. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a leading international law firm with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London, Paris, Frankfurt, Moscow, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
The Debevoise team is led by partner Andrew L. Sommer and includes partners Andrew L. Bab, Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky and Hugh Rowland, Jr., counsel John Dembeck, International Counsel Christopher Henley and associates Adam Anderson, Michael Bolotin, Stephen A. Levey, Brooke Monahan McKeever, Molly F. Stockley, Derek S. Tarson and Steven N. Wayland.
