Nixon Peabody LLP announced that it is expanding its securitization and structured finance practice with the addition of Marc J. Veilleux, who has joined the firm as partner in the New York City office to become the head of the firm’s Securitization and Structured Finance Group. Mr. Veilleux joins from the Securitization and Derivatives Group […]

Latham & Watkins LLP1 said that its project development and finance team have advised on four of the largest project financings to close in the region this year. Three of the transactions have closed within the past four weeks. These include: Nanahi Petrochemicals Complex (China) Latham represented the commercial lenders in one of the largest

Blake, Cassels & Graydon announced today that one of Canada’s foremost legal scholars, Professor Peter Hogg, Q.C., has returned to Blakes as Scholar in Residence. Professor Hogg had been the dean of the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University since leaving Blakes in 1998. His term ended on June 30, 2003. “We’re delighted that

Gadsby Hannah LLP, a leading business and technology law firm, announced today that Peter M. Zuk, a nationally recognized construction expert, has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Zuk comes back to New England from Colorado, where he recently served as Vice President of Global Construction for industry giant Level 3 Communications. Prior to

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it advised WTF Holdings (Switzerland) Ltd. (“WTF Holdings”), a joint venture of Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners and PSP Swiss Property AG, on the real estate aspects of the € 699 million Eiger Trust Securitization, a multi-tranche CMBS benchmark issue for WTF Holdings. The transaction is the first ever

Northrop Grumman Corporation has agreed to an $80 million joint settlement of two civil False Claims Act complaints filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Of the $80 million, the government allocated $60 million to settle allegations that Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc., acquired by Northrop Grumman in December 2001, improperly charged certain independent research and

Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented subsidiaries of Allegheny Energy Inc. in negotiations of the June 10 global settlement with agencies of the State of California to resolve a dispute over a $4 billion energy supply contract. The suit related to long-term energy supply deals entered into by California and others in 2001 during the height

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Michigan’s largest and longest-established law firm, announced today the launch of an Aviation and Transportation Group. The new group will build on Miller Canfield’s existing experience in representing aviation and transportation-industry organizations, including commercial and on-demand air carriers, freight forwarders, corporate flight departments, banks and commercial lenders engaged in

Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP announced this month that 19 attorneys, formerly with the Hong Kong-based firm of Siao Wen & Leung, are joining the firm’s Hong Kong office. Among those joining the firm are four partners, including Siao Wen & Leung lead partner Carson Wen, Michael Phillips, Katherine C.M. U, and Susan Yu.

Adding further depth and profile to its Asian real estate finance and investment banking practice, Paul Hastings announced today that Naosuke Fujita has joined the Taiyo Law Office in Japan, a registered association with the Firm, as a partner. Mr. Fujita worked as the core legal team member on the launch of the distressed asset