Sullivan & Cromwell represented the underwriters, led by Mizuho Securities USA, Morgan Stanley & Co. International and SMBC Nikko Securities America, in Aflac Incorporated’s completed ¥74.9 billion ($519 million) SEC-registered offering of senior notes consisting of its 1.726% Senior Notes due 2030, 2.003% Senior Notes due 2032, 2.369% Senior Notes due 2035 and 2.779% Senior…

Norton Rose Fulbright represented Earthrise Energy in the development of its Gibson City solar project, a 270 MW utility scale solar project in Illinois’ MISO power market.

K&L Gates Strengthens White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice With Return of Brussels Partner

Barnes & Thornburg has hired a former assistant U.S. attorneys for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, while Lowenstein Sandler has brought on one from the District of New Jersey. These hires are the latest in an ongoing string of lateral hires emerging from the federal government to return to private practice.

Baker McKenzie adds former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from King & Spalding as a partner and practice leader in Washington, D.C. Rosenstein is best known for overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

More lawyers want to leave their law firms over deals with President Trump, but some partnership agreements include notice periods if departing partners wish to leave their firms in good standing and have their capital contributions returned.

The University of Central Florida has hired Boise State University Provost John Buckwalter to be the school’s second-highest-ranking official and chief academic officer, effective Aug. 1.

Tom Geudens joins Edward Borovikov as Co-Managing Partner of Dentons’ Belgium office in Brussels.

Norton Rose Fulbright advises BGSF, Inc. regarding its acquisition of INSPYR Solutions’s Professional Division.

Financial services partner Barnabas Reynolds joins Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s London office.