Mayer Brown JSM today announced that Ricky Yiu will be joining its Real Estate practice as a partner. Ricky has more than 20 years of experience working on real estate and development matters in Hong Kong, PRC and Macau, including on related property acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and finance projects.
Tags: Mayer Brown LLP | Hong KongMayer Brown JSM today announced that it has advised Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited (ICBC (Asia)) in relation to its financing of three bidders in making a joint public takeover offer – together with an indirect subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Beijing, China (AVIC), a PRC stated-owned company – for the shares of Frankfurt listed KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG, a German industrial-plant builder. The three separate term loan facilities have a total aggregate amount of EUR197.8 million.
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Am Law 100 firm BakerHostetler and Woodcock Washburn, one of the country’s leading intellectual property boutiques, announced today that they have a signed letter of intent to combine, subject to an affirmative vote by the partners of both firms in early December. The announcement, made by BakerHostetler Executive Partner Steven Kestner and the Woodcock Washburn Policy Committee, notes they will combine effective January 1, 2014. The combination is the result of a careful strategic assessment by both firms that identified compelling synergies in their practice capabilities, geographic footprints, and commitment to excellent client service.
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Patton Boggs LLP has further strengthened its private funds and finance practices with the addition of Pamela Robertson as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Ms. Robertson joins Patton Boggs from the New York office of Edwards Wildman Palmer, where she was a partner.
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Akerman LLP, a leading law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that Richard Brosnick has joined as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group in New York.
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For the third time in a month, Honigman has expanded its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group by adding a new partner, Leigh C. Taggart. He brings more than 20 years of IP and IP Litigation legal experience to Honigman and is located in the firm’s Oakland County office. Honigman’s growing IP practice serves clients locally, nationally and internationally.
Tags: Honigman LLPMichael K. Hauser has joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as a partner in its Corporate Department’s Tax Practice Group. He brings nearly 10 years of experience as a tax attorney to Honigman and is located in the firm’s Oakland County office.
Tags: Honigman LLPWolff & Samson PC is pleased to announce that John J. Scally Jr. has joined the firm as a member. Mr. Scally, who has more than three decades of experience in public finance, has handled complex financings throughout the country. He will add to Wolff & Samson’s bond counsel team, which is already recognized as one of the strongest in the region.
Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Dubai-based DP World, one of the world’s largest port developers and operators, on the development of London Gateway, the brownfield, £1.5 billion, 1,500 acre port and logistics park on the north bank of the Thames, in Thurrock, Essex.
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Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today the addition of Jill S. Vorobiev to its Labor & Employment Group and Litigation Department as a member in the firm’s Chicago office. Prior to joining Dykema, Vorobiev was with Jones Day.
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