Steptoe is pleased to announce that Pieter Bekker has joined the firm’s International Arbitration Group as a partner. Dr. Bekker, who brings 20 years of experience in all aspects of cross-border dispute resolution, is based in the firm’s Brussels office, but will regularly work out of Steptoe’s London, Washington and New York offices.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Oaktree Capital Management and its real estate opportunities funds and distressed debt funds in connection with Oaktree’s first ever securitization of non-performing loans and other real estate.
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Law firm Winstead PC has hired an impressive group of energy, environmental, and commercial litigation attorneys, led by Richard (Rick) M. Simses and Paul M. Lavelle, former partners at Beirne, Maynard and Parsons who each have over 30 years of litigation experience, much of which is Louisiana-based. Simses, Charles Miers and Jon Vicklund are joining the firm’s office in The Woodlands, Texas. Lavelle will open the New Orleans Winstead office, serving as its managing shareholder.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is pleased to announce that Justice Dale Wainwright has joined the firm’s appellate practice in Austin. Justice Wainwright recently stepped down as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court after 10 years of service.
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Global legal practice Squire Sanders has opened an office in Seoul, after its application to practice in the Republic of Korea was approved by the Korean Ministry of Justice. The office is led by Joon Yong Kim, a US licensed lawyer who was admitted as a foreign legal consultant by the Ministry of Justice in July.
Tags: Squire Patton BoggsSquire Sanders is pleased to announce that Eric W. Cowan and Glynna K. Christian have joined its global legal practice as partners in the Corporate Transactions, Finance & Governance Practice Group. The new partners will be resident in both the New York and London offices.
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Laura L. Chapman has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Chapman joins from Foley & Lardner.
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Adams and Reese is pleased to announce the addition of a new office in Tallahassee, its 14th in 13 markets. The firm’s Southern footprint already includes Florida offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota. The new office opens with attorneys and staff from the Tallahassee-based firm, Igler & Dougherty, P.A. The announcement was made by Charles P. Adams, Jr., Managing Partner of Adams and Reese.
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Thomas J. McWilliams and Edward “Ted” F. Behm, Jr. have joined the firm’s Wilmington, Del. office as partners in the Intellectual Property Department. They come to Barnes & Thornburg from Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP.
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Global law firm White & Case has advised on the acquisition of a 10% interest in the petroleum licenses covering the Wheatstone/Iago gas fields located off the shores of Western Australia, and an 8% interest in the related Wheatstone Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility, by the joint venture entity PE Wheatstone Pty Ltd (PEW), which completed on September 25, 2012.
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