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Former general counsel and current vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase Stephen M. Cutler will join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in April as a litigation partner.

McDonald Hopkins hired two new associates: Amy Wojnarwsky in the Cleveland office and Shara C. Cornell in the Chicago office.

Celtic Capital provided a $537,000 equipment-only facility to an engineering services company.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Keurig Green Mountain have entered into a merger agreement to create a new beverage company, Keurig Dr Pepper._x000D_ _x000D_

Chad Farrell joined Tiger Group as a managing director in the Commercial & Industrial Division._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_

Thomson Reuters agreed to enter into a strategic partnership with Blackstone. As part of the transaction, Thomson Reuters will sell a 55% majority stake in its F&R business to private equity funds managed by Blackstone.

Wells Fargo completed the sale of its shareowner services business to Equiniti Group.

The Federal Reserve voted unanimously to keep interest rates unchanged at 1.25 to 1.5%. The FMOC noted that the labor market has continued to strengthen and economic activity has been rising at a solid rate.

Mid-Con Energy Partners has acquired the assets of Powder River Basin. Wells Fargo served as administrative agent for an expansion of the company’s borrowing base to $125 million to support the transaction.

Bon-Ton Stores filed a pre-packaged restructuring plan with the SEC two weeks after entering forbearance agreements with its ABL lenders, led by Bank of America.