Thomas M. Devaney has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group, based in the firm’s New York office. Devaney joins from Morrison & Foerster, where he was a partner and led that firm’s private funds practice in New York for more 7 years.
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Noted antitrust litigator Laura Shores has joined Kaye Scholer as a partner in its Washington, DC office.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is pleased to announce that Pratik A. Shah, most recently an assistant to the solicitor general at the U.S. Department of Justice, will be joining the firm as co-head of the Supreme Court practice and a partner in the national appellate practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has represented the Government of Bermuda in its largest-ever sovereign bond issuance, $750 million of 4.854% senior notes due 2024.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Laura E. Vendzules has joined the Firm as Partner in the Commercial Litigation group. She is based in the Firm’s Philadelphia office.
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Polsinelli welcomes Bradley W. Crawford to its Chicago office, where he will serve clients in the science and technology sector.
Tags: Polsinelli PCChadbourne, as buyer’s counsel, assisted Rockwell Collins in reaching a US$1.39 billion definitive agreement to purchase ARINC, Inc. The deal, signed on August 10, 2013 is the largest in the North American aerospace and defense industry announced this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The deal is subject to regulatory and other customary conditions, and is expected to close within 90 days.
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Simpson Thacher is representing Pinnacle Foods Inc. in its $580 million acquisition of the Wish-Bone® salad dressings business from Unilever PLC. Pinnacle Foods is controlled by investment funds affiliated with The Blackstone Group L.P.
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, has significantly deepened its presence in the Northwest by welcoming a group of lawyers from Littler Mendelson. The group includes three highly acclaimed shareholders who bolster Ogletree Deakins’ traditional labor experience, employment litigation capabilities, and immigration depth. Shareholders Howard Rubin, Larry Amburgey, and Patricia Haim reunite with their colleagues Caroline Guest and Ursula Kienbaum, who also recently joined Ogletree Deakins from Littler’s Portland office.
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Allen & Overy has advised on the landmark creation of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (the Global Market), Abu Dhabi’s first Financial Free Zone, which aims to be a leading global financial market and a major regional financial centre.
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