European law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP announces today the appointment of Competition & EU Regulatory partner Katia Merten-Lentz.
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Leading Employment and Labour Team Joins Norton Rose in Calgary Office
Norton Rose is pleased to announce that Armstrong Mitchell Lawyers (AML) will be joining Norton Rose in Canada as of March 1, 2013, enhancing the firm’s Employment & Labour group in Calgary and across Canada.
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Fulbright recently assisted Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, in their bid to supply a new 220 MW natural gas-fired power plant to Portland General Electric Company, an investor owned utility in Oregon.
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Paul Hastings Leads L’Oreal to Trademark Win
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm obtained affirmance of the complete victory that it had obtained at trial in a trademark infringement action for leading cosmetics and personal care products manufacturer, L’Oreal. Paul Hastings represented L’Oreal, Ralph Lauren’s exclusive licensee in the fragrance category, in a dispute involving the use by the U. S. Polo Association of a logo similar to Ralph Lauren’s famous Polo Player Logo. After USPA appealed the broad injunction entered by the district court, the Second Circuit affirmed on all grounds, including the district court’s finding of bad faith infringement.
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Cooley Grows Los Angeles Office with Leading Corporate Hires
Cooley LLP announced today that C. Thomas Hopkins and Ian Smith have joined the firm’s Business department as partners in its Los Angeles office. Both Hopkins and Smith join Cooley from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. Hopkins joined Sheppard as a partner in 2001, and co-chaired the firm’s global corporate practice group. Smith also joined Sheppard in 2001 and became a partner in 2008.
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Vinson & Elkins Advises TVM Capital MENA with Investment in Manzil Health Care Services
Vinson & Elkins LLP advised TVM Capital MENA in connection with their majority acquisition of Manzil Health Care Services, a provider of 24-hour homecare and rehabilitation services for both adult and children patients. Head quartered in Abu Dhabi, Manzil Health Care Services, formally known as Emirates Outreach Healthcare Services, was founded in 2011 by Dr. Ghuwaya Al Neyad. Manzil also has a branch office in Ras Al Khaimah.
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Paul, Weiss Adds Litigator in Washington, D.C.
Alexandra (Alex) Walsh has joined Paul, Weiss as a partner in its litigation department, resident in Washington, D.C., where she will focus her practice on white collar criminal litigation, civil litigation, internal corporate investigations and appellate litigation.
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Hogan Lovells Represents Kingdom Holding Company in Strategic Investment in Largest Internet Consumer Sales Company in China, 360Buy Jingdong Inc.
A Hogan Lovells team from offices in Beijing, London and Washington, D.C. represented Kingdom Holding Company (“KHC”), chaired by long-time client HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia (“Prince Alwaleed”), in leading a consortium of investors to acquire a US$400 million strategic stake in the largest internet consumer sales company in China, 360Buy Jingdong Inc. The investor group was advised by QInvest LLC, Qatar’s leading investment bank.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented the lead arrangers on Lotte Shopping’s US$303 million exchangeable bond, exchangeable into shares of Lotte Himart, the largest consumer electronics retailer in Korea and a majority-owned subsidiary of Lotte Shopping. Lotte Shopping is one of South Korea’s biggest retailers and a market leader in both department stores and discount stores.
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Jones Day Welcomes Troy Terakedis as Columbus Tax Partner
The global law firm Jones Day announced that Troy Terakedis has joined the Columbus Office as a partner in the Tax Practice. He was formerly a Columbus partner at Calfee, Halter & Griswold.
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