Reminger Co., LPA is pleased to announce that Stephanie Ross has joined Reminger Co., LPA’s Fort Mitchell Office.
Stephanie’s insurance defense practice is focused on representing employers and carriers in a wide range of matters arising out of workers’ compensation, including employee claims, coverage disputes, UCSPA proceedings, medical fee disputes, and subrogation actions. More >>
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Ogier has advised Development Partners International LLP (“DPI”) on the launch of African Development Partners II L.P., a US$ 725 million, Guernsey closed-ended investment fund.
DPI, one of the leading Africa private equity specialists with US$1.1 billion under management, has successfully closed its second fund at US$725 million significantly beating its $500 million target. More >>
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Klehr, Harrison, Harvey & Branzburg announced today that Jonathan Krause has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment and Litigation practices as a partner, resident in Philadelphia and Cherry Hill. Mr. Krause has over ten years experience representing clients in all aspects of employment law, with a particular emphasis on trade secret/non-compete, wage and hour, discrimination, and whistleblower matters. Mr. Krause litigates complex and single-plaintiff litigation in federal and state courts across the nation on behalf of both large and start-up clients across industries, including those in health care, financial services, retail, technology, and service. Mr. Krause had previously spent his career practicing employment law at Morgan Lewis. More >>
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Locke Lord LLP added formidable components to its Atlanta office today with the hiring of leading Intellectual Property lawyer Tim Xia and patent litigator Bryan Harrison as Partners. Also making the move to Locke Lord are 12 members of the Intellectual Property group Xia led at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP that includes an associate, four patent agents and seven staff.
“Tim, Bryan and this IP team are substantive additions to our Atlanta office and greatly enhance our Intellectual Property resources Firm-wide for clients in need of the highest quality of service in dealing with all the complex IP issues in today’s global economy,” said Neil Dickson, Managing Partner of the Firm’s Atlanta office. “We are excited and pleased that Tim and Bryan decided that Locke Lord is the best place to continue their highly regarded practices and welcome Tim, Bryan and the IP team into the Locke Lord family.” More >>
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Eric English has joined Porter Hedges as a partner in the Bankruptcy section of the Corporate Practice Group. Mr. English has a diverse restructuring, litigation and creditor rights practice, including the representation of debtors, secured lenders, trade creditors, and equity holders in commercial workouts, bankruptcy restructurings and disputes. He also has experience with commercial foreclosures and has represented buyers in distressed acquisition transactions. More >>
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Shearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in connection with a $7.4 billion aggregate financing, including a $3.7 billion five-year facility and a $3.7 billion 364-day credit facility, for PepisoCo, Inc. More >>
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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Mizuho Securities and the other underwriters in connection with the public offering of $2,000,000,000 of notes, comprised of $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.800% Notes due 2026, $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Notes due 2035, and $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.150% Notes due 2046 by International Paper Company, a global paper and packaging company. Proceeds from the offering were used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes. More >>
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Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner Thomas A. Lorenzen to the firm’s Environment & Natural Resources Group. Lorenzen joins the firm from Dorsey & Whitney LLP. Prior to re-entering private practice in 2013, Lorenzen served for a decade as an assistant chief in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Environment and Natural Resources Division, where he oversaw the government’s legal defense of all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules and regulations. More >>
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Holland & Knight announced today that corporate attorney Amy Leder has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office. She comes to Holland & Knight from McDermott Will & Emery, where she headed the firm’s New York corporate practice. More >>
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Brian E. Ashin has joined the firm’s Corporate and Finance practice as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office. Ashin comes to Manatt from Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati.
Ashin’s practice focuses on project finance, mergers, acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance transactions involving the energy, infrastructure, entertainment, healthcare, manufacturing, real estate and retail industries. He has represented lenders, arrangers, sponsors, borrowers, and equity investors in project finance, infrastructure finance, banking, acquisition finance, project development, project-related structured finance, and general corporate transactions in the energy sector (including renewable energy and other innovative energy technologies such as geothermal, biofuel, fuel cell, solar and wind), both in the United States and internationally. Ashin also has experience working with new and established venture-backed companies in the clean technology and sports industries. More >>
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