Chadbourne & Parke advised Prime Energy Consult Ltd (Prime Energy), a UAE-based oil field services firm, on the sale of its business and assets to Xodus Group, a UK-based international energy consultancy.
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Pepper Hamilton Enhances Corporate Practice with Addition of Thomas P. Dwyer
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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Ellis Wasson Joins Rutan & Tucker, LLP As A Partner In Firm’s Corporate, Securities and Tax Section
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 Advises Baidu on Its Acquisition of 91 Wireless
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 Advises New Colt Holding on Its Acquisition by Colt Defense
Davis 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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Intellectual Property Attorney Darrick J. Hooker Joins Krieg DeVault’s Chicago Office
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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Acclaimed Indianapolis Attorney Delivers Labor Relations, Litigation Depth to Ogletree Deakins
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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Cooley Represents IDEV Technologies in Its Acquisition by Abbott Labs
Cooley LLP announced today that it represented IDEV Technologies in its $310 million acquisition by Abbott Laboratories. IDEV is a privately-held company focused on developing next-generation medical devices for use by interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons and cardiologists. Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2013.
Tags: Cooley LLP | Silicon ValleyDeheng Law Group Opens New Office in Moscow
To reinforce the business cooperation and friendly exchanges with its Russian clients Deheng Law Group has opened a new office in Moscow. Legal Assistant Luan Chaozhou was appointed as chief representative of the Office. The new office will be under the supervision of the International Practice.
Tags: MoscowRon Cardwell and Phil Conner Join Nexsen Pruet; Law Firm’s Greenville Office Welcomes Environmental Law Veterans
Attorneys Ron Cardwell and Phil Conner have joined Nexsen Pruet’s Environmental, Administrative and Regulatory Law Practice Group as members (partners) in Greenville.
