Monthly Archives: January 2012

Baker & McKenzie Bolsters Japanese Corporate / M&A Practice

Thursday, January 5, 2012
Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) announced the expansion of its corporate/M&A practice with the addition of a team of highly regarded lawyers from Linklaters. The team includes partners Hideo Norikoshi and Jiro Toyokawa and associates Kiyoshi Endo, Seiji Tomimoto and Daisuke Wakamatsu.

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Paul Hastings Continues Antitrust and Competition Expansion with Addition of Prominent Partner in San Francisco

Thursday, January 5, 2012
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Thomas Brown will join the Antitrust and Global Competition and the Global Banking and Payments Systems practices in San Francisco as partner in 2012. Mr. Brown, an antitrust lawyer with nationally recognized payment systems expertise, will join from O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he is a partner.

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Antony Dutton to Join Dechert as Partner in London

Thursday, January 5, 2012
International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that Antony Dutton will join the firm as a partner in London in its litigation practice. Mr. Dutton was previously Global Head of Dispute Resolution at Norton Rose and was elected a member of the firm’s Partnership Council last year.

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Former VP and Deputy GC of Cephalon Joins Morgan Lewis

Thursday, January 5, 2012
Morgan Lewis today announced that Steven A. Reed—the former Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Cephalon, Inc.—has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice, resident in Philadelphia. In late 2011, Cephalon became part of Teva Pharmaceuticals, forming a combined company with a significant presence in over 60 countries and approximately $20 billion in revenues.

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