Jenna R. Millman has joined Ballard Spahr’s Family Wealth Management practice as of counsel in Philadelphia. Ms. Millman, who is admitted to the New York bar, handles complex estate planning and estate and trust administration for high-net-worth individuals and families in the United States and abroad. She joins the firm from the New York office of Moses & Singer.
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SRZ represented MKP Capital Management LLC, a diversified alternative investment manager with over $5 billion in assets under management, in its sale of a passive minority interest to Neuberger Berman Group-managed private equity fund Dyal Capital Partners. Under terms of the deal, which was announced on Jan. 8, 2013, Dyal has no control on the investment process or day-to-day operations at MKP. The transaction allows MKP to broaden employee ownership and long-term leadership, as well as develop stronger relationships with Dyal’s institutional clients.
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International law firm Pinsent Masons has bolstered its disputes capability by making two senior hires into its London and Paris offices.
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Global legal practice Squire Sanders has advised the State of Berlin on a unique agreement with Gewerbesiedlungsgesellschaft Berlin (GSG), a Berlin-based commercial property and project development company, to secure €200 million of state funds (GA-Mittel) and facilitate the refinancing of the business, in a deal announced at the end of 2012.
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Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that it is advising First Quantum Minerals on its offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Inmet Mining Corporation for a total of approximately C$5.1 billion.
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Longtime Congressman Steven R. Rothman has joined the law firm Sills Cummis & Gross, where he will chair the firm’s newly formed Interdisciplinary Defense Industry Group and practice in its existing Government Relations/Public Policy and Litigation practice groups.
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Fish & Richardson today announced that R. David Hosp and Mark S. Puzella, previously partners at Goodwin Procter,have joined the firm’s Boston office as Principals in its IP Litigation Group. Hosp and Puzella will continue to focus their practices on copyright, trademark, false advertising, and licensing disputes for clients such as Aereo, Inc., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., Monotype Imaging, Inc., and Iconics, Inc.
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Fred Bernstein has joined the firm as a partner in its Entertainment and Media Practice. Bernstein is an industry veteran who has worked both in private practice and as a top studio executive for many years.
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The Firm is acting as U.S. counsel to Cogeco Cable Inc. (TSX: CCA) in connection with Cogeco Cable’s proposed acquisition of PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX: PIX) for approximately US$642.2 million (C$635 million), or $3.85 in cash per share.
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