Experienced prosecutor and intellectual property attorney Priya Sopori has joined Locke Lord’s Los Angeles Office as a Partner in the IP Litigation Practice. She is the fourth new attorney hired in Los Angeles in recent months and one of many new California additions as the international law firm continues to bolster its litigation and transactional capabilities on the West Coast.
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Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that government contracts and commercial litigation lawyers Ryan C. Berry and Lesley Whitcomb Fierst have joined the firm as partners in its Tysons Corner, Virginia office.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. on the tender offer to buy back a maximum €1.5 billion of its outstanding Senior Notes.
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Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Thomas P. Dwyer has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Geoffrey D. Schwartz, who has worked closely with Dwyer, has also joined the firm as an associate in the Corporate and Securities Group. Both joined from Blank Rome LLP and will reside in the Philadelphia office.
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Rutan & Tucker LLP, Orange County’s largest full-service law firm, recently announced that seasoned attorney Ellis Wasson has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate, Securities and Tax Section.
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Davis Polk is advising Baidu Holdings Limited in connection with its $1.9 billion acquisition of 91 Wireless Websoft Limited. The memorandum of understanding for the transaction was signed on July 15, 2013. The transaction is subject to the conclusion of definitive documentation, which are expected to be signed by August 14, 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Hong KongDavis Polk advised New Colt Holding Corp. on its acquisition by Colt Defense LLC. Financial terms of the transaction, which closed on July 12, 2013, were not disclosed.
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Krieg DeVault, a full-service business and corporate law firm, is pleased to announce that Darrick J. Hooker has joined the firm’s growing Chicago office as a Partner. Mr. Hooker marks the fourth attorney to join the firm’s Chicago office in less than a month. He is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology and Intellectual Property Litigation Practices.
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Todd Nierman as a shareholder in its Indianapolis office. Nierman joins Ogletree Deakins from the Indianapolis office of Littler Mendelson P.C, where he was a founding member and served as managing shareholder from 2006 until 2012. A well-known labor attorney with more than 25 years practicing in the Indianapolis market and throughout the central Midwest, Nierman has successfully handled more than 100 union organizing campaigns and has negotiated dozens of collective bargaining agreements. Nierman’s arrival continues the firm’s tremendous growth which has seen it add more than 20 shareholders in 2013.
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