Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that it has again expanded its global intellectual property litigation group and regional capabilities with the addition of Alfred Fabricant and Lawrence Drucker as partners to its New York office. Fabricant will head the firm’s IP practice group in New York, as well. They join the firm from Dickstein Shapiro, LLP.
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Marc Bruner Joins Perkins Coie Environmental Practice in San Francisco
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce Marc Bruner has joined the firm as partner in the Environment, Energy & Resources practice. He joins in San Francisco where he previously served as partner at Bingham McCutchen.
Tags: Perkins Coie LLP | San Francisco Dewey & LeBoeuf Advises Russia’s UTH on Joint Venture with Walt Disney
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has advised Russia’s United TV (UTH) media company on the agreement of a joint venture with The Walt Disney Co to create a Disney-branded Russian television channel early next year, subject to the satisfaction of contractual conditions, including certain regulatory filings.
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International law firm Eversheds has appointed senior Hogan Lovells M&A partner Richard Lewis as a partner in its London M&A practice.
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Milbank Represents Underwriters in US$978 Million Arcos Dorados’ Follow-On Equity Offering
International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, led by Global Securities partners Marcelo Mottesi and Paul Denaro, represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Itau BBA USA Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as underwriters in the follow-on sale of shares of Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (“Arcos Dorados”). The underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option to purchase a total of 44,475, 958 shares from the selling shareholders raising US$978 million.
Tags: Milbank LLP | New York Bryan Moore Joins Texas office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Wiesel Joins New York Office as Litigation Partner
McGuireWoods LLP announced today that Laurent Wiesel has joined the firm as a partner. For the past decade, he has advised companies, financial institutions and individuals on a wide variety of complex litigation matters and investigations. Now at McGuireWoods, his practice will continue to be focused on commercial and corporate disputes, securities class actions, international arbitration, regulatory and criminal investigations, antitrust litigation and actions involving the interests of foreign sovereigns.
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Corrs has further boosted its major projects and energy & resources capability with the appointment of Andrew Chew as a partner in its Sydney Construction group.
Tags: Corrs Chambers Westgarth International Projects Lawyer Mark Rowley Rejoins Baker Botts in London
Mark Rowley has rejoined Baker Botts as a partner in the firm’s London office. He has extensive experience working with clients in developing large-scale petroleum projects, including cross-border pipelines and LNG export matters.
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