Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of William “Bill” Cook as a partner in the Intellectual Property, Information & Innovation Group in Chicago.

Cook was formerly a partner in the Chicago office of McGuire Woods, where he served as Deputy Chair of that firm’s Data Privacy & Security team. More >>

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced today the arrival of eight attorneys from Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP (MBT). The seven MBT partners joining include MBT founder Michael M. Marick and Scott M. Seaman who are both recognized leaders in the insurance industry, as well as John E. DeLascio, Karen M. Dixon, Rebecca R. Haller, James H. Kallianis Jr. and Jason R. Schulze. Timothy H. Wright, formerly an associate at MBT, will join Hinshaw as a partner. The team will be based in the firm’s Chicago office and their nationwide practice will complement the firm’s legal services across the United States and in London. More >>

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 >>