Brian Baxter

May 15, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Six years after foreclosing on the property that became The Cosmopolitan, Deutsche Bank is selling the casino to The Blackstone Group for $1.73 billion.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

May 15, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Two global legal giants are raising their mugs to the formation of a $5 billion coffee joint venture between Mondelez International and rival D.E Master Blenders 1753, and Skadden Arps has snagged the lead role representing Hillshire Brands on a $6.6 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Foods.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

May 14, 2014 | The American Lawyer

San Diego, where Baker & McKenzie and Goodwin Procter closed their offices in recent years, will see Foley & Lardner also leave town as the firm consolidates its space and moves up the San Diego Freeway to Del Mar.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

May 14, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The two Am Law 100 firms are advising a pair of private equity firms on the sale of Peak 10, a Charlotte-based IT infrastructure and cloud services provider valued at roughly $900 million.

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read

May 13, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Ballard Spahr snags a leading litigator from the First State, Reed Smith hires Fried Frank's energy head and other lateral moves from around The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

May 13, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Wachtell and Schulte Roth are advising on the sale of a portfolio of hotel properties by Chatham Lodging Trust and Cerberus Capital Management to a new joint venture led by Chatham and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

May 13, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Royal Bank of Scotland has filed papers seeking to spin off its U.S. arm Citizens Financial Group—owner of Citizens Bank—in an initial public offering that could raise $4.6 billion.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

May 12, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Vantiv has turned to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for counsel on its acquisition of Mercury Payment Systems from private equity firm Silver Lake Partners.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

May 12, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The two Am Law 100 firms are advising on the $6.6 billion sale of Pinnacle Foods to Hillshire Brands, the former food business of consumer goods giant Sara Lee Corp.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

May 09, 2014 | The American Lawyer

As NBA Commissioner Adam Silver pushes Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, the drama swirling around the team adds new players with ties to Patterson Belknap and Kaye Scholer.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read