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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Freshfields Taps Two Attorneys for Asian Energy Legal Work
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has expanded its energy, natural resources and infrastructure practices with two Asian legal hires.
Tags: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP | Tokyo 
Gibson Dunn Adds Disputes Capability in Dubai With New Partner Peter Gray
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that disputes partner Peter Gray has joined firm’s Dubai office. Previously at Dewey & LeBoeuf, Gray will continue to focus on English and international litigation and international arbitration.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Dubai 
Latham & Watkins Advises Suburban in Inergy Retail Propane Acquisition
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SPH), has announced a definitive agreement with Inergy, L.P., Inergy GP, LLC and Inergy Sales & Service, Inc. to acquire the sole membership interest in and to Inergy Propane, LLC, now owned by Inergy, including certain wholly owned subsidiaries of Inergy Propane, LLC, and the assets of Inergy Sales. Suburban is acquiring Inergy Propane for total consideration of approximately US$1.8 billion in stock and cash, as detailed in the company press release below.
Tags: Latham & Watkins LLP | Houston 
Morgan Lewis Draws Former FERC GC to Energy Practice in Houston
Morgan Lewis today announced that Charley Moore—a leading oil and gas litigation and regulatory practitioner who is a former General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—has joined the firm as a partner in its Energy Practice, resident in Houston. His practice encompasses state and federal court litigation, federal and state regulatory matters, and energy-related gas and power transactions.
Tags: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP | Houston Morgan Lewis Broadens Bi-Coastal Finance Capabilities with Arrival of Team Led by New Practice Co-Chair Marshall Stoddard
Morgan Lewis today announced the addition of a team of lawyers, led by Marshall Stoddard—formerly the head of the bank and institutional finance practice at another AmLaw 100 firm—to its Business and Finance Practice, resident in the firm’s New York and Los Angeles offices. Mr. Stoddard will serve as a new co-chair of the firm’s Finance practice. He is a transactional lawyer and corporate advisor focusing his practice on commercial, banking, and bankruptcy law across a wide range of industries, including technology, entertainment, government contractors, media, transportation, and agriculture.
Tags: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP | New York 
Manatt Expands National White Collar Defense Practice
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that N. Richard “Dick” Janis has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice. Prior to joining Manatt, Janis was a founding partner of and for more than 30 years managed the law firm of Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler, one of Washington’s premier white collar criminal boutiques.
Tags: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Chadbourne Represents Developers in approximately $353 Million Financing of the Free State Windpower Project in Kansas
Chadbourne & Parke represented a 50-50 joint venture between Duke Energy Renewables (a unit of Duke Energy) and Sumitomo Corp. of America (the U.S. subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp.) as the developers in connection with approximately $353 million in financing for two wind farms in Kansas.
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Seyfarth Shaw Bolsters Benefits Practice in Atlanta
Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today that Nicole D. Bogard has joined as a partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Department in the Atlanta office. Bogard was previously with a boutique employee benefits law firm.
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Michael Magee Joins Dinsmore’s Pittsburgh Office
Dinsmore is pleased to announce that Michael Magee has joined the firm as a Partner in the Litigation Department and member of the Products Liability and Tort Practice Groups. He will practice in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Prior to joining the firm, Magee served as a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP where he served as Chair of the Litigation Defense/Toxic Tort Practice Group.
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