The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Christine B. Fisher has joined the Firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Real Estate Group.
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
V&E Grows Global Project Finance and Infrastructure Practice — Nabil Khodadad and Andrew Nealon Join in London
Two prominent London lawyers who practice in the areas of project finance and infrastructure have joined Vinson & Elkins as partners.
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Blank Rome Expands in Florida with New Partner and Three Associates
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Michael A. Rodriguez has joined the Firm as a partner in the Consumer Finance Litigation group. He brings more than 10 years of experience in various litigation matters, including the representation of mortgage lenders in the consumer finance industry. In addition, the Firm welcomes three new associates to the Consumer Finance Litigation group, Renee Meenach Decker, Jack S. Kallus, and J. Kirby McDonough. Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Kallus, and Ms. Decker will be based in Blank Rome’s Boca Raton, Florida office; and Mr. McDonough will be based in Firm’s new Tampa, Florida office.
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Prominent Sports Lawyer Joins Gordon & Rees LLP
Gordon & Rees is pleased to announce that David Cornwell, executive director of the NFL Coaches Association, has joined the firm’s Atlanta, Georgia office as partner. Mr. Cornwell will focus his practice on sports and entertainment law at Gordon & Rees.
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Attorney Jennifer R. Byrne Joins Armstrong Teasdale
Armstrong Teasdale LLP announces the addition of attorney Jennifer Byrne as a partner in the St. Louis office. She is a member of the Corporate Services practice group and focuses on general corporate issues, mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate governance and finance.
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Paul Hastings Advises Chinatrust in the Cross-Border Acquisition Financing of Trimco
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Chinatrust Commercial Bank, Ltd. (“Chinatrust”), as mandated lead arranger, on the acquisition financing for the leveraged buyout of Trimco International Holdings Limited (“Trimco”), a global provider of apparel labelling solutions headquartered in Hong Kong, by funds managed by Partners Group.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent, in connection with the financing for leading semi trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corporation’s (NYSE: WNC) acquisition of Walker Group Holdings LLC, a leading manufacturer of liquid-transportation systems and engineered products.
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Reed Smith Launches Tax Practice in Germany with New Partner Hire
International law firm Reed Smith has appointed Thomas Gierath to its partnership. Thomas joined the firm on 1 May, from Dechert LLP, to launch Reed Smith’s tax practice in Germany.
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Four Partners Join Squire Sanders’ Asia Offices
Squire Sanders is augmenting its practices in Asia by bringing on four additional partners to two offices, filling Hong Kong legal jobs and Beijing legal jobs, according to a press release.
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Morgan Lewis Strengthens International Practice with Additional Growth in London, Expansion into Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Morgan Lewis today confirmed that ten partners will join the firm’s Business and Finance Practice, resident in the UK, Russia, and Kazakhstan. With the arrival of this group, the firm will continue to cement its presence in London—where it will have grown from 21 to 45 attorneys over the past year—and will launch new offices in Moscow and Almaty. The expansion brings to 24 the total number of cities where the international AmLaw 100 firm has offices.
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