Wiggin and Dana is pleased to announce that James A. Goniea has joined the firm as a Partner in the firm’s Franchise and Distribution Practice Group, resident in the Philadelphia office, after serving for six years as Vice President and General Counsel of American Driveline Systems, Inc. (ADS) and its AAMCO and Cottman brands.

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Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Curtis Alva has joined the firm as a partner and Alison Brown has joined as an associate. Mr. Alva and Ms. Brown are members of the South Florida Litigation Practice Group and work in the firm’s West Palm Beach office.

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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Simon Ratledge as a Projects partner in its Paris office.

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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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