After earning his law degree from the University of San Francisco, School of Law. Matt Quinlan embarked on a career in personal injury law with a well-established law firm.  After just three years, he was made a partner and was described as “the youngest partner at an established plaintiff’s firm in [California] and one of the country’s fastest rising plaintiff attorneys.” In 2011, he established the Law Offices of Matthew J. Quinlan, where he represents injury victims in their fight to gain compensation from insurance companies. What led you to a career in personal injury? I enjoy helpin ..read more

Paul Edwards is a personal injury attorney and partner at Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers. He earned his law degree from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center after which he worked for prominent insurance companies, giving him insight into the insurance claim, investigation, and litigation processes. He uses this knowledge to help injury victims gain the compensation they deserve. Why did you decide to focus your career on personal injury? We chose to focus our practice on person injury because we both enjoy helping people in need. No matter the facts of any particular case all of ..read more

Mayer Brown served as underwriters’ counsel to Jefferies LLC, as representative of a syndicate of underwriters, with respect to the sale of $250 million aggregate principal amount of State of Illinois General Obligation Bonds, Taxable Series of May 2024A and $1.55 billion aggregate principal amount of State of Illinois General Obligation Bonds, Series of May 2024B. The proceeds of the bonds will be used by the State of Illinois for the funding of certain pension acceleration payments and the financing of various capital improvement projects throughout the State. Mayer Brown advised the underwr ..read more

Ropes & Gray has advised Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), the global asset manager, on its investment into Law Business Research (LBR). Under the arrangement, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, will return significant capital to its investors while remaining a shareholder alongside ICG. LBR is a technology-driven information services business powering the global legal, intellectual property and governance, risk, and compliance markets. By applying the latest technology to the fast-moving legal world, LBR enables users to find their ..read more

Clifford Chance has advised long-standing developer client Helical plc on their joint venture for the redevelopment of 100 New Bridge Street, London EC4 and the sale of a 50% interest for £55 million on a preferred equity basis to a vehicle led by Orion Capital Managers. The joint venture is a continuation of our work advising on 100 New Bridge Street with the team previously having advised Helical plc on their acquisition of the former Baker McKenzie London HQ in 2021 in order to undertake this carbon friendly office redevelopment. Helical plc is a leading UK real estate company specialising ..read more

Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised Rock Rail and Infracapital on their successful further investment in the German rolling stock market by investing in a 41-strong fleet of new electric trains destined for Leipzig. Both companies have now closed the financing of trains for Lot 2 of the Leipzig Central German S-Bahn Network 2025+, following the closing of Lot 1 in December 2023, where the Clifford Chance team acted for the two companies. The fleet for Lot 2 is made up of 41 Siemens Mireo 3-car trains – coupled with Lot 1, the new Leipzig S-Bahn fleet comprises 195 Siemens Mireo cars, w ..read more

Kirkland & Ellis advised Forward Consumer Partners on a partnership with tortilla chip and salsa maker Xochitl, LLC. The transaction was announced May 21, 2024. Carlos Salinas, Xochitl’s founder, CEO and Chairman Emeritus, will retain a 50% interest in the company going forward. Xochitl marks the second acquisition from Forward’s $425 million Fund I, which was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap in December 2023. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Amanda Border and Nils Remole and associates Sydney Hood and Matt Cimini and tax partner Liam Murphy. The post Kirkland Advis ..read more

Kirkland & Ellis is advising HGGC, a leading middle-market private equity firm, and Specialist Risk Group (SRG) on the sale of SRG, a specialist insurance intermediary, to Warburg Pincus and Temasek. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Stuart Boyd and Jack Donelan and associates Jamie Manson and Michael Dunton; debt finance partner Evgeny Zborovsky and associate Preston Loh; tax partner Peter Abbott and associates Michael Akpomiemie and Rikesh Gandhi; and investment funds partner Daniel F ..read more

Latham & Watkins advised Spandex, one of the world’s leading suppliers of materials, sign systems, displays, and equipment to the sign making, graphics, and vehicle wrapping markets, on its refinancing by a consortium of banks. The Latham team was led by Frankfurt partner Alexandra Hagelüken and Munich partner Thomas Weitkamp, with Munich counsel Rainer Adlhart. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Munich partner Ulf Kieker. The post Latham Advises Spandex on Refinancing of Capital Structure appeared first on Legal Desire Media and Insights ..read more

DLA Piper has advised Youlife International (Youlife), a leading blue-collar lifetime service platform in China and one of the largest non-state owned human resource service providers, on a definitive Business Combination Agreement with Distoken Acquisition Corporation (Distoken), a publicly traded Special Acquisition Company (SPAC). Pursuant to the agreement, Youlife and Distoken will merge with newly formed subsidiaries of Youlife Group Inc, a Cayman Islands exempted company which will serve as the parent company of both Youlife and Distoken following the consummation of the Business Combina ..read more