Morrison & Foerster announced today that Scott Lesmes has joined the firm’s Corporate Finance practice as a partner in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lesmes formerly served as chief legal officer for Allied Capital Corporation and as deputy general counsel for Fannie Mae. He follows the recent arrival of SEC veteran and highly respected securities lawyer Martin Dunn, who formerly served as deputy director and acting director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance and joined the firm earlier this month. Both lawyers joined Morrison & Foerster from the Washington, D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers where they worked closely together.

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Kelley M. Goes recently joined Jackson Kelly PLLC as a Member in the Firm’s Charleston, West Virginia, office. Prior to joining the Firm, Goes served as U.S. Senator Joe Manchin III’s state director, overseeing his West Virginia offices and operations.  She previously served as the first woman to be named as Secretary of Commerce in West Virginia and as the Executive Director of the West Virginia Development Office.

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Ashurst is advising on the A$2.99 billion proposed acquisition of the outstanding units in Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA) via way of an off-market takeover offer by GPT Group (GPT).

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