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Ropes & Gray Represents Nippon Steel Corp. in $14B Acquisition of U.S. Steel
Ropes & Gray advised Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC), Japan’s largest steelmaker, in a definitive agreement to acquire U. S. Steel in an all-cash transaction at $55.00 per share, representing an equity value of approximately $14.1 billion plus the assumption of debt, for a total enterprise value of $14.9 billion. The transaction was announced in a press release on December 18.
Read MoreKevin Cloutier, Kenneth D. Fox Announced as Sheppard Mullin's New Leadership Appointments
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce the following firm leadership appointments, effective January 1, 2024.
Read MoreCommercial Chapter 11 Filings Increase 72 Percent in Calendar Year 2023
Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 72 percent to 6,569 in calendar year 2023 from the previous year’s total of 3,819, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.
Read MoreMichael Hunter Joins Epiq as AACER Vice President
Epiq announced today Michael Hunter has joined as Vice President of Sales and Business Development of Epiq AACER, the leading provider of bankruptcy filing data, technology, and services for companies operating in the business of bankruptcy.
Read MoreHistoric $4 Million Public Offering
McGuireWoods assisted SinglePoint Inc., a renewable energy and sustainable solutions provider, in the company’s transition to the Cboe BZX Exchange and its underwritten public offering of common stock.
Read MoreLeslie Eason Added as Barnes & Thornburg's Latest Labor And Employment Partner In Atlanta
Barnes & Thornburg has announced today the addition of Leslie K. Eason as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department, closely following the arrival of executive compensation partner Brittany McCants.
Read MoreJahan Sharifi Elected as Barnes & Thornburg's Corporate Department Chair
Barnes & Thornburg announced today that Jahan Sharifi, a partner at the firm and veteran investment funds and transaction attorney, has been named chair of the firm’s Corporate Department. Sharifi, who joined the firm in 2020 as the firm expanded into New York, succeeds David Gotlieb, who will be stepping down to focus on his corporate practice.
Read MoreMarc Nickel Quoted in Greenwire on New Clean Energy Tax Credit Rules
Newly announced rules for tax breaks for clean energy equipment manufacturing should kickstart a surge of projects in America’s green energy industry, McGuireWoods associate Marc Nickel told Greenwire in a Dec. 14, 2023, story.
Read MoreMcGuireWoods Trio Pens Article on Ruling in Anti-Kickback Case
A recent $12 million default judgment demonstrates the importance of filing an appearance in a False Claims Act (FCA) case, McGuireWoods Chicago partners Brett Barnett and Timothy Fry and associate Micaela Enger wrote in a Dec. 14, 2023, article in Westlaw Today.
Read MoreGoldy Hyder Appointed to OpenText's Board of Directors
OpenText Corporation today announced the appointment of Goldy Hyder to its board of directors. Mr. Hyder is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada, a non-profit, non-partisan organization composed of the chief executives and entrepreneurs of Canada's leading companies, whose members collectively employ approximately two million Canadians in every major industry."
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