Global law firm Reed Smith today announced the appointment of Eoin O’Shea to its partnership in London. Eoin will join the firm’s global regulatory disputes practice from Lawrence Graham, this month.
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WFW Strengthens Its Real Estate Team with the Appointment of Nikolaus Holzinger as New Partner
Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Nikolaus Holzinger as a new real estate partner in its Munich office.
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Gibson Dunn Adds Energy Partner Brad Roach in the Singapore Office
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce Brad Roach will join the firm’s Singapore office as a partner. Roach joins from Hogan Lovells, where he led the oil and gas practice in Southeast Asia. At Gibson Dunn, Roach will continue his energy, infrastructure and project finance practice.
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Baker & McKenzie Acts as REIT Trustee’s Counsel for the Initial Public Offering and Listing of New Century REIT
Baker & McKenzie acted as REIT trustee’s counsel for the initial public offering and listing of New Century Real Estate Investment Trust (“New Century REIT”) on 10 July 2013. New Century REIT, which will initially hold five premium hotels across regional central cities in China, is the first China hotel focused REIT to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Freshfields Boosts Asia Practice with New Partner Appointment
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Arun Balasubramanian to become co-head of the firm’s India group, working alongside Pratap Amin, Chairman of Freshfields’ India group.
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Katten Hires Leading Internet and IP Attorney Brian Winterfeldt
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Brian J. Winterfeldt has joined the firm as partner and head of Katten’s new Internet practice. Winterfeldt has experience in all aspects of intellectual property law including domestic and international trademark counseling, enforcement and litigation, but also has a unique concentration in cutting-edge issues dealing with Internet governance and domain name issues. He represents global leaders in the retail and apparel, media, financial, insurance, hospitality, consumer products and Internet and technology industries. This experience extends to the both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.
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Paul Hastings Advises on the World’s First China-based Hotel REIT IPO
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Standard Chartered Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, BOCI Asia Limited, BOCOM International Securities Limited, CCB International Capital Limited, China Galaxy International Securities (Hong Kong) Co., Limited and Haitong International Securities Company Limited as the underwriters in the US$87 million global offering and Hong Kong IPO of New Century Real Estate Investment Trust (“New Century REIT”).
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group, a global investment firm, in the acquisition of 100% of the common stock of InTown Hospitality Corp. The gross purchase price was approximately $735 million, including the assumption of $609 million of existing mortgage debt. The acquired company runs extended-stay lodging chain, InTown Suites, which has 138 extended-stay properties with approximately 18,000 rooms across 21 states in the U.S.
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Goodwin Procter Expands Life Sciences Practice with Addition of Karen Spindler in San Francisco Office
Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, announced today that Karen A. Spindler has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in its Life Sciences Practice. She will focus on advising life sciences companies and investors on a variety of intellectual property transactions. Spindler joins Goodwin from Kirkland & Ellis where she was a partner in its Palo Alto and San Francisco offices.
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Akerman Senterfitt Adds Team of Labor and Employment Lawyers to New York Office
Matthew (Matt) Steinberg and Samantha Abeysekera have joined Akerman Senterfitt from Jackson Lewis LLP as shareholders in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group in New York. The lawyers are the second group to join Akerman’s New York office since April and the latest to join since the office moved to a larger location on Fifth Avenue in May.
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