Burleson LLP, the largest law firm in the country devoted primarily to the oil and gas industry, announced today that Brandy Manning has joined the firm as a partner in its Midland office. The addition further strengthens Burleson’s Litigation Practice Group and reinforces its regional strategy of delivering a comprehensive range of energy-specific legal services to companies with interests in the Permian Basin.
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Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as lead arranger, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with a $250 million, five- year senior secured revolving credit facility for AOL Inc.
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Dentons US LLP announced today that C. Matthew Schulz has joined as a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Schulz advises employers on planning and implementing global transfers. He joins Dentons from Baker & McKenzie, where he was head of the Global Immigration and Mobility Practice in California.
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Burr & Forman LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Joseph “Joe” A. Vallo to the firm’s Litigation Practice as a Fort Lauderdale-based partner.
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Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised DNB on the recent signing of a US$530m long-term loan facility supported by the Korean and Norwegian export credit agencies, KEXIM, GIEK and Eksportkreditt to finance the Odfjell Drilling rig Deepsea Aberdeen.
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Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC (Butler Snow) is pleased to announce that Shelly Gunn Burns has joined its Greater Jackson office where she is a member of the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Group, and will focus her practice on product liability law, mass torts and personal injury law.
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Narayan Iyer, currently a partner with Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A) in Mumbai, will be re-joining Linklaters in August 2013.
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D. Brian Reider, a business attorney in the Inland region for more than 25 years, recently returned to Best Best & Krieger LLP where his practice will focus on helping private-sector clients with general business transactions and human resource needs.
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Torys LLP is pleased to announce that Jerald Wortsman has joined the firm’s Toronto office as a partner in its Tax Practice. Len Nesbitt and Andrew Silverman have joined the practice as Counsel.
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Morgan Lewis announced today that a group of eight lawyers from the international law firm of Gide Loyrette Nouell will join its Business and Finance Practice, resident in Moscow. The group is led by partners Grigory Marinichev—the former head of the Banking and Finance and Restructuring Practices at Gide—and Konstantin Kochetkov, a leading project finance lawyer. They will be joined by six associates. More >>
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