Ropes & Gray LLP announced today that Paul H. Dykstra and Paulita A. Pike have joined as partners in the firm’s investment management practice in Chicago.

Mr. Dykstra and Ms. Pike represent mutual funds and fund boards in a broad range of matters, including corporate governance, reorganizations, compliance issues, and internal and SEC investigations. More >>

Vedder Price is pleased to announce that it advised Air Canada in connection with the offer and sale of more than $1 billion of the airline’s 2015-1 enhanced equipment trust certificates (EETCs). Air Canada expects to use the proceeds to finance nine new Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 aircraft. More >>

In an expansion that marks its first foray into the Midwest and its 21st location nationwide, Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce the opening of a Chicago office, initially comprised of four gaming, real estate, litigation and corporate attorneys.

Joining as partners are Donna B. More, Jeffrey M. Friedman, David N. Tanner and William Bogot. More will serve as managing partner of Fox’s Chicago office, which will be located at 353 N. Clark St., Suite 3650. More >>

Dinsmore & Shohl continues to make strategic moves to grow its Chicago office by welcoming Sara A. Weinberg to the firm. Weinberg will practice out of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department, expanding that location into a new service area More >>

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that noted trial lawyer James Christman has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner. Caroline Carlson has also joined as of counsel. Their arrivals continue the expansion of Steptoe’s commercial litigation practice in the Windy City, which over the past two months has added 10 litigators More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce a team of esteemed bank finance lawyers has joined the firm’s Chicago office. Zulfiqar (“Zulf”) Bokhari and Mohammed Shaheen have joined the firm as partners in the Finance Department and Stephen (“Steve”) Barr has joined as counsel in the Finance Department. Combined, the three boast 40 years of experience representing financial institutions, including some of the world’s largest commercial and investment banks, on a broad range of syndicated and leveraged finance transactions More >>

Kirkland & Ellis advised Trustwave Holdings, Inc., a privately held data protection and information security company headquartered in Chicago with an enterprise value of $850 million, in its acquisition by Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), one of Asia’s leading communications companies. Following the close of the acquisition, SingTel plans to combine its state-of-the-art information and communications technology with Trustwave’s broad portfolio of managed security services. Post-acquisition, Trustwave will operate as a standalone business unit of SingTel More >>

Much Shelist is pleased to announce the addition of Principal Craig C. Bradley to the firm’s Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies group, making it one of Chicago’s largest law firm practices dedicated to serving the complex needs of the high-growth, technology, venture capital ecosystem. The seven-person, multidisciplinary group includes attorneys with decades of experience providing counsel to clients ranging from startups to global, Fortune 500 companies in every phase of growth and development, including entity formation, financing, intellectual property protection, licensing and management strategies. More >>

Faegre Baker Daniels is pleased to announce that nine partners from four firms have joined our Chicago office: Jeffrey Blumberg, Kurt Lebakken, James Martignon and David Porteous from Ulmer & Berne; Matthew Garrett, Douglas Prochnow and John Roberts from Locke Lord Edwards, LLP; George Stohner from Morgan Lewis & Bockius; and Daniel Schwartz from Seyfarth Shaw. More >>