WASHINGTON—Trisha B. Anderson, an experienced national security and cybersecurity lawyer who has held senior positions at multiple federal agencies, has rejoined Covington as a partner in Washington. Ms. Anderson most recently served as Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where she handled complex national security and cyber legal issues.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP today announced that Pearl Xiang Yuan-Garg, an experienced acquisition and leveraged finance lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in New York.
Yuan-Garg routinely advises on leveraged financing transactions in connection with acquisitions, dividend recapitalization and restructuring across a broad range of sectors. She also has significant experience in complex workouts and restructurings.
Prior to her new position with Cadwalader, Yuan-Garg was a Counsel in the Finance Group of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP.
The international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP today announced that Victoria Westerhaus has joined the firm as a partner in the M&A and Corporate Finance and Securities & Corporate Governance Groups. Westerhaus will reside in the Kansas City office.
Eversheds Sutherland has strengthened its Real Estate team in the Netherlands with lateral Partner hire Natascha Geraedts.
Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed pensions heavyweight Eric Bergamin as head of its Netherlands pensions practice.
Eric joins along with pension specialists Marthe van den Broek and Arjan van’t Zelfde from Bergamin Pensioenrechtadvies BV, a boutique pensions advisory firm established by Eric in 2005 which has been acquired by Eversheds Sutherland.
Loyens & Loeff strengthens its Real Estate practice group with the addition of Annemieke Wessels. Annemieke has over 25 years of experience in areas such as property development and real estate transactions. In the past 25 years, Annemieke was a partner and notary at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.
Dechert LLP is advising global technology services company Encompass Digital Media on its planned acquisition of Babcock International Group’s Media Services business. This cross-border acquisition will increase the presence of Encompass’ presence in the EMEA region, expand their video services offering in the live streaming sports arena, and bolster their collective relationships with important media companies and public service broadcasters around the world.
DLA Piper has advised Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, on its joint venture (JV) with Rambler Group and several other investors to create Foodplex, a united digital platform for the restaurant market. The stake of Sberbank in the JV will be 35% and Rambler Group will own 30%. Another 35% will be owned by GHP Partners, Grigoriy Gurevich and Evgeniy Malakhov.
DLA Piper represented Maryland Proton Therapy Center (MPTC) in its US$277.4 million tax-exempt municipal bond financing. The financing allows MPTC, a proton cancer treatment center, to restructure its debt obligations. The treatment center, located in the Maryland BioPark in downtown Baltimore, provides state-of-the-art therapy to cancer patients; its increasing patient volumes have reached over 100 patients a day.
Baker McKenzie's Kyiv, Frankfurt, Berlin and Amsterdam Offices assisted a consortium of German banks, led by Bayerische Landesbank, and DTEK Renewables to complete a significant ECA-backed finance transaction in the Ukrainian renewable energy sector, aimed at financing the construction of the first stage (100MW) of the Primorska wind electric plant (Primorska WEP) in Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine.