With a focus on what opportunities lie ahead for its clients in the private equity industry, Nixon Peabody LLP has strengthened its nationally recognized private equity practice with the arrival of new partner Stacy L. Vezina.
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On July 10, Monitronics International, Inc. (“Monitronics”), a subsidiary of Ascent Capital Group Inc. (“Ascent”), signed a definitive agreement to acquire Security Networks, LLC (“Security Networks”), resulting in a leading home security solutions provider with greater scale, an expanded footprint and enhanced growth prospects.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | New YorkA highly-regarded group of lawyers with accumulated experience of more than a century of practice in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries — including eight partners who specialize in a wide range of transactional and dispute matters — joined Baker Botts L.L.P. today. The lawyers will work from firm offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
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Morrison & Foerster LLP is pleased to welcome Donald Lampe as a Partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Lampe, who joins the Financial Services Group, is a nationally recognized expert in bank regulatory and consumer financial services issues, with significant experience in mortgage regulation. Mr. Lampe advises banks, non-bank creditors, collection agencies, loan servicers and other financial services providers in connection with regulatory, compliance and administrative matters. He also has extensive experience representing industry respondents in significant investigations, examinations and enforcement matters.
Tags: Morrison & Foerster LLPUngaretti & Harris has added six new laterals, expanding the depth of its Corporate, Real Estate, Healthcare and Litigation groups. Jeffrey M. Friedman and David N. Tanner join as partners, and Lucy M. Kalnes, Sarah E. Mick, April E. Schweitzer and Alexandros Stamatoglou join as associates.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC in respect of its interests in Monterey Holding I Sarl, the parent company of Deutsche Annington, in relation to the IPO of Deutsche Annington, Germany’s largest residential landlord, on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced Kevin Francis Lloyd has taken up his new role as a litigation partner resident in the firm’s London office. Mr Lloyd joins from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, where he was a senior partner in the commercial litigation group.
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Neil M. McCarthy has joined Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP as a partner in the firm’s Washington DC office. He will focus his practice primarily on client counseling and litigation for the generic pharmaceutical industry.
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Duane Morris is pleased to announce that Jennifer C. “Jenny” Wheater has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in the London office as a partner. Wheater’s addition further strengthens Duane Morris’ global corporate capabilities, particularly in the area of tax issues in the private equity and cross-border transactions. Wheater joins the firm from Proskauer Rose LLP.
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King & Spalding represented Arcapita Bank, B.S.C., in a definitive agreement to sell its portfolio company 3PD to XPO Logistics, Inc., for $365 million.
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