International law firm, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has been granted a licence to open a representative office in Beijing. The new office will be operational from May 2013 and will focus on advising Chinese clients on their offshore investments.
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The law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is pleased to announce Martin P. Tierney has rejoined the firm’s Labor and Employment Relations Practice Group as a partner in the Milwaukee office, effective February 18, 2013.
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Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP has advised Azercosmos, Azerbaijan’s space agency and first satellite operator, on a project worth USD 230 million to successfully launch the Azerspace/Africasat 1a satellite.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) license by the Singapore Ministry of Law (MinLaw) to practice in permitted areas of Singapore law which include corporate work (M&A, private equity), project finance, banking & finance, capital markets, energy, international arbitration, intellectual property, fund formation and restructuring.
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King & Wood Mallesons has advised an international syndicate of 15 international lenders in connection with the successful sale of Griffin Power and Griffin Power 2, owners and operators of the Bluewaters power stations in Western Australia to Sumitomo Corporation and The Kansai Electric Power Company Inc. King & Wood Mallesons worked with Ferrier Hodgson to assist the syndicate.
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that three lawyers have joined the Firm as partners in its Silicon Valley Office. Wendy Davis is now a member of Jones Day’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice, and Janet M. McNicholas, Ph.D. and Gregory P. Silberman have joined as members of Jones Day’s Intellectual Property Practice.
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On March 1, the attorneys from the top-tier trial and litigation defense firm of Brown Eassa & McLeod LLP will join Sedgwick LLP. Brown Eassa is a well-known civil defense firm, with a breadth of experience in product liability, class action, commercial litigation, mass tort, labor and employment, and environmental matters. Seven partners and their team of associates will be based in Sedgwick’s San Francisco office, and one partner and one associate will work out of Sedgwick’s Los Angeles office.
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Allen & Overy has advised its regular client, the Indorama group, on the development and financing of a USD1.2bn fertiliser plant and associated pipeline project in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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Linklaters is advising Japanese financial services firm ORIX Corporation on its €1.935bn acquisition of Dutch asset manager Robeco Groep N.V. from Rabobank. The deal is ORIX’s most significant strategic acquisition to date, as well as the largest Japanese outbound deal of the year to date.
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Hogan Lovells announced today that Gary Veron has joined its Government Regulatory practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Veron joins from Sidley Austin LLP where he served as counsel in the food and drug practice.
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