International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced that it successfully represented JWC Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by affiliates of J.W. Childs Associates, a Boston-based private equity firm, in its $500 million business Combination with The Tile Shop, a specialty retailer of manufactured and natural stone tiles, setting and maintenance materials, which operates 61 stores in 20 states. The combined company is named Tile Shop Holdings, Inc., and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “TTS.”

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International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Thaddeus R. Lightfoot has joined the Regulatory Affairs Group in the Firm’s Minneapolis office as a Partner. In 25 years of practicing environmental law, Mr. Lightfoot has represented clients in numerous private party environmental litigation matters and governmental enforcement actions. In addition, he advises clients regarding compliance with federal, state, and local environmental laws. Mr. Lightfoot has represented corporate clients in a variety of sectors, including the mining, forest products, paper, steel, manufacturing, electronics, pharmaceutical, real estate development, and ethanol industries, as well as public entities. He is a former trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice’s Environmental Enforcement Section, a former chair of the Environmental Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association, and is recognized as one of the most experienced environmental trial lawyers in Minnesota.

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Leading international law firm, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW), is delighted to announce the recruitment of " _="_">Pierre-Etienne Kuehn, who joins the firm’s insurance and reinsurance practice in Paris, from AXA Group.

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International legal practice Norton Rose LLP has appointed Liam O’Connell as a litigation and dispute resolution partner in the London office. Liam was previously head of the commercial regulatory and disputes group and a partner at CMS Cameron McKenna.

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP, an international law firm, welcomes Vicky Beasley McPherson as a shareholder to itsCorporate & Securities, Global and Africa practices. She will reside in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Robert Shulman has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Insurance Recovery Practice Group. Shulman comes to the firm from Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman.

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International law firm Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton announced today the opening of a Greensboro, N.C. office, expanding the leading insurance industry law firm’s footprint into the Southeast region. The office will be led by David L. Brown, a well-known insurance coverage expert, who joins Nelson Levine from Greensboro firm Pinto Coates Kyre & Brown PLLC, along with three of his colleagues. Other partners joining the firm include Martha P. Brown, John I. Malone, Jr. and Brady A. Yntema. The office will open effective November 1, 2012.

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