Olswang has advised BBC Worldwide on a sale and licensing deal in relation to its consumer magazine business. Following a competitive tender process and approval from the BBC Trust,  the deal with Exponent Private Equity (“Exponent”) was announced on 16 August and is expected to complete in the autumn, following OFT clearance.

Hogan Lovells announced today that Neal Katyal, former Acting Solicitor General of the United States, has joined its Litigation, Arbitration and Employment practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Neal will be Co-Head of Hogan Lovells’ Appellate practice alongside Washington, D.C. partner Cate Stetson.

Morgan Lewis today announced that Alexis Reisin Miller has returned to the firm as a partner in its FDA & Healthcare Practice, resident in Washington, D.C.  Ms. Miller most recently served as regulatory counsel to senior policy officials and science division directors at the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. She was previously an associate in Morgan Lewis’s FDA and Healthcare Practice from 2006 to 2010 and, before that, served as in-house counsel at a Washington-based biotechnology consulting firm.