Terryl L. Brown, former counsel to the Attorney General and Chief Ethics Officer in the New York State Attorney General’s Office, has joined the Harris Beach law firm as a partner in the Government Compliance and Investigations Practice Group with a major focus on working with clients of the firm’s Energy Industry Team. In this capacity, she defends organizations and their executives on matters relating to corporate and government compliance, government investigations, consumer fraud, and criminal charges. Ms. Brown brings nearly 20 years of experience in New York State government, having served in the New York State Attorney General’s Office, the New York Power Authority, and the New York State Governor’s Office. With this experience, she counsels state government and municipal officials on matters relating to operational procedures, ethics, and regulations. In addition to advising energy and government clients and given her vast industry and managerial experience, she also works with clients in numerous industries on their regulatory and compliance matters, including health care, financial institutions and capital markets, telecommunications and media, and consumer products and services.
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Holman Fenwick Willan Continues Expansion with Partner Hire
Leading international law firm, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW), is delighted to announce the recruitment of Partner Alexis Kyriakoulis who joins the firm’s Corporate, Projects and Finance practice in London, effective 8 May 2012.
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Locke Lord Advising New Vision Television in Approximately $330 Million Transaction to Sell Local Broadcast Stations to LIN Television Corporation
International law firm Locke Lord represents New Vision Media in its pending transaction to sell several of its award-winning local broadcast stations to LIN Television Corporation, a part of LIN Media. The approximately $330 million transaction, plus the assumption of certain debt, is expected to close by the end of this year and includes stations in eight U.S. markets that New Vision has owned and operated during its more than 20 years as a leader in the local television broadcast industry.
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Schiff Hardin LLP Welcomes Geoffrey H. Coll as a Partner in the Litigation Group in Washington
Geoffrey H. Coll has joined Schiff Hardin LLP as a partner in the Litigation Group from Dewey & LeBoeuf in Washington.
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Former Federal Election Commission General Counsel and Leading Political Law Attorney Lawrence Norton Joins Venable
Adding one of the country’s leading authorities on political law to its government affairs bench, Venable LLP announced that Lawrence Norton, formerly General Counsel at the Federal Election Commission, has joined the firm as a partner and co-chair of its Political Law practice group in Washington, DC. Mr. Norton was previously with the Washington office of Womble Carlyle.
Tags: Venable LLPJohn E. Bowman, Former Acting Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision and Longtime Treasury Official, Joins Venable’s Financial Services Practice
Venable LLP strengthens its highly regarded Financial Services Practice with the addition of former Office of Thrift Supervision Acting Director John E. Bowman, who joins the firm in the Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA offices as a partner. As head of the OTS, Mr. Bowman also served as a Director on the five member board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Womble Carlyle Corporate & Securities Team Completes Merger Agreement for Atlanta Company
Transcend Services Inc., represented by a Womble Carlyle team led by attorney Sandy Smith, consummated its sale to Nuance Communications, Inc. for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $300 million.
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Lowenstein Sandler Enhances Commercial & Business Litigation Practice with Addition of David S. Sager
Lowenstein Sandler has enhanced its Commercial & Business Litigation practice with the addition of David S. Sager as a Member of the Firm.
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Dechert Boosts London Corporate Capability with New Partner Hire
International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that Simon Briggs will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate & Securities practice as of 8 May. He was previously a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf and worked closely with members of the firm’s new emerging markets team that joined Dechert from Dewey last month.
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Hogan Lovells Advises Qatar’s QInvest on Major Middle East Joint Venture
Hogan Lovells advised longstanding client QInvest on the acquisition by way of joint venture of a 60% stake in the investment banking, asset management and brokerage business of EFG Hermes. This is one of the Middle East’s largest M&A deals this year. The deal was announced on 4 May 2012.
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