Kirkland advises Avis Budget Group, Inc., in its agreement to acquire Zipcar, Inc., the world’s leading car sharing network, for $12.25 per share in cash, representing a total transaction value of approximately $500 million.
Tags: Kirkland & Ellis LLPKirkland represents Duff & Phelps Corporation, a leading independent financial advisory and investment banking firm, in its definitive merger agreement to be acquired by a consortium comprising controlled affiliates of or funds managed by The Carlyle Group, Stone Point Capital LLC, Pictet & Cie and Edmond de Rothschild Group for $15.55 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $665 million.
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Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC has added the six attorneys of Ruffo Tabora Mainello & McKay (RTMM), an Albany-based firm with a significant statewide long term care practice, effective January 1, 2013.
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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) continues to expand its presence in Washington, D.C., through the recent addition of Linda Tiano, who is rejoining the firm as a Member in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice following several decades of service as a general counsel and executive with leading managed care organizations.
Tags: Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.Roetzel is pleased to announce three partners, Jon May, Andrew B. Demers and Paul A. Giordano, and associateRobert Malani have joined the firm’s Florida offices, greatly expanding the Business Litigation Group’s white collar crime and creditors’ rights services. Mr. May and Mr. Demers joined the Fort Lauderdale office, Mr. Giordano is based in Fort Myers and Mr. Malani is in Orlando.
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., a Houston-based civil litigation-focused law firm, joined with the Louisiana firm of Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P. Beirne, Maynard & Parsons has greatly expanded their presence along the Gulf Coast, allowing them to better serve the needs of clients in that region.
Shearman & Sterling is advising Sony Corporation of America on its planned joint venture with InterDigital, Inc. that will combine Sony’s consumer electronics expertise with InterDigital’s pioneering wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) and bandwidth management research. The joint venture, called Convida Wireless, will focus on driving new research in the growing field of M2M wireless communications and other connectivity areas.
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Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP is expanding with the opening of its London office in January 2013 to address the growing needs of its clients in the London and European insurance markets. The London office will primarily focus on complex U.S. insurance disputes, London arbitrations, and global competition and antitrust matters.
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Hughes Hubbard announced today that Rafael Cruz-Alvarez has joined its Litigation Department as a partner in the firm’s Miami office. Cruz-Alvarez was most recently a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP in its Miami office.
Tags: Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP | MiamiMcLean, Virginia-based construction law firm Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP (“WTHF”) is pleased to announce the opening of its new Chicago office located at:
10 South Wacker Drive
Suite 2935
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Phone: (312) 219-6900
In addition to the new office, four new attorneys have joined WTHF as the first residents in WTHF-Chicago.
