Jason A. Weiss has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group, based in the firm’s Orange County office. Weiss joins from Allen Matkins in Orange County.

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Cooley LLP announced today that Geoff Willard has joined its Reston, Virginia office as a partner in the Business department. Willard, who practiced with Cooley previously from 2000 through 2005, returns to Cooley from VLP Law Group LLP where he chaired that firm’s Corporate, Securities and M&A group. Prior to VLP, he was a partner in the corporate, M&A and emerging companies practice of DLA Piper.

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Shearman & Sterling is advising InterContinentalExchange, a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter markets, in connection with its agreement to acquire a 79.12% interest in the derivatives and spot natural gas business of APX-Endex from N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, the European gas infrastructure company, for an undisclosed sum.

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Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Public Policy Group partner Eric Edwards to the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. With nearly 20 years of senior public policy experience on Capitol Hill and in the private sector, Edwards will provide strategic counseling to firm clients on government affairs matters in the areas of banking, securities, financial institutions, and general business, with a particular focus on the implementation of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and other financial regulatory matters. Edwards’ legislative experience includes senior staff positions in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and most recently an in-house policy advisor position with a Fortune 100 company.

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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Jennifer L. Griffin has joined the firm’s Tampa office as a Partner in the Trusts & Estates Practice Group.

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International law firm Clyde & Co LLP has advised Kingspan Group plc, an Irish listed company and a leading manufacturer of a range of products for the construction industry, on its strategic acquisition of Rigidal Industries LLC, a leading Middle Eastern manufacturer of composite panels and roofing systems based in Dubai.

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Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announceCepideh Roufougar has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as Partner. Prior to her arrival at Jackson Lewis, Ms. Roufougar served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Hayward in Hayward, California.

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