Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is expanding its sports dealmaking unit with three new partners. Michael Kuh and Eric Geffner have joined as partners in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice and will co-head the sports group within its sports, media, and entertainment practice. Additionally, Matthew Carpenter-Dennis, who managed team ownership deals at the National…

Latham & Watkins said on Monday that it has recruited Kaila Sergent, a real estate partner of DLA Piper, to join its Los Angeles office this week.

In their roles as lead managers for the bond issuance by Passerinvest Finance, a.s., the international legal company Dentons offered legal counsel to Šá spořitelna, Komerň banka, Raiffeisenbank, and UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia. The bonds have a total nominal value of CZK 2.5 billion and a fixed interest rate of 6.5%. The bonds…

St. Louis-based R&S Machining LLC received legal advice from international firm BCLP about its sale to Threadlock Precision, a D.E. Shaw company. Because R&S Machining services government agencies and prime contractors in the aerospace and defense industries, the acquisition necessitated careful coordination of government files and compliance procedures. The work supports customers on challenging, high-value…

Goldman Sachs Alternatives has received advice from Gibson Dunn on its investment in and financing of the purchase of Urban Campus Group (UCG), a co-living and co-working real estate provider and management firm with its headquarters located in France.

Gibson Dunn is assisting Korsana Biosciences with its $380 million financing and merger with Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.

In relation to Bell Partners’ acquisition by Sun Life Financial Inc., a prominent global financial services company offering asset management, wealth, insurance, and health solutions to individual and institutional clients, global law firm Hogan Lovells is advising Bell Partners, a prestigious multifamily investment and operating company with headquarters in the United States. After completion, Bell…

Global clean energy leader Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC-Masdar has received advice from international legal firm Norton Rose Fulbright regarding its agreement with TotalEnergies to create a US$2.2 billion 50/50 joint venture to construct onshore wind, solar, and battery storage projects throughout Asia.

When Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI), a multinational healthcare technology corporation, acquired View Point Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device firm with headquarters in Carlsbad, California, Baker McKenzie represented the company. USD 90 million in cash at closure and two deferred payments of USD 25 million each due on the first and second…

Guild Garage Group received advice from Gibson Dunn regarding its collaboration with middle-market, thematic private equity firm Oak Hill Capital.