Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that LaDale K. George has joined the Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Healthcare industry group. LaDale was previously a partner at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg.

“LaDale is a highly regarded advisor to innovative healthcare enterprises on regulatory compliance and business transactions,” said David Robbins, head of Perkins Coie’s Healthcare industry group. “His experience over the past 20 years providing strategic counsel to businesses in the healthcare industry and other heavily regulated industries fits well with our national practice and the high level of service our clients expect and receive from us. We are delighted to welcome LaDale to Perkins Coie.” More >>

Jenner & Block is representing Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) in its sale of its global cocoa business to Singapore-based Olam International Limited for $1.3 billion, subject to customary adjustments. The agreement was signed and announced on December 15, 2014. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that nationally recognized trial lawyer James F. Hurst will join the Firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Litigation and Intellectual Property Practice Groups. Mr. Hurst brings 25 years of experience trying cases in areas ranging from antitrust to intellectual property to appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court. More >>

DLA Piper represented Regent Properties (Regent), a multi-faceted real estate investment management firm, in its fundraising of US$300 million in equity commitments. The $300 million in commitments exceeds Regent Properties’ fundraising goals by 50%. More >>

Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, represented the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in a competitive procurement for and structuring of a public-private partnership (PPP) for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of Texas SH 183 managed lanes project, located in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. More >>