Kelly L. Whitehart has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the Atlanta office where she will continue her practice in technology and intellectual property. Ms. Whitehart is the fourth attorney to join Miller & Martin’s Litigation Department since the beginning of this year.
Elizabeth Cundiff-Kluhspies Joins Lowenstein Sandler as CMO
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced that Elizabeth Cundiff-Kluhspies has joined the firm as its Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, Cundiff-Kluhspies will play a leadership role in the firm’s continued, strategic growth of its core practice areas and national platform. Since 2005, Cundiff-Kluhspies was Practice Development Director for the Americas Disputes and Competition practice at White & Case.
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Clifford Chance advises on MMG’s Dugald River US$1 billion project financing
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised China Development Bank Corporation (CDB) on a 13-year debt facility agreement of up to US$1 billion to finance MMG’s Dugald River project, which involves the development and construction of a zinc, lead and silver mine located in north west Queensland, Australia. The Firm advised on the English, Hong Kong and Singapore law aspects of the financing transaction.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Beijing 
Nancy Erfle Joins Gordon & Rees as Partner in Portland Office
On July 1, Nancy Erfle joined Gordon & Rees in Portland as a partner in the Tort & Product Liability Practice Group. She brings 23 years of wide-ranging state and federal product liability litigation experience to the firm.
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Burleson LLP Fuels Regional Growth in Permian Basin, Opening Larger Office Space in Midland Tower
Burleson LLP announced today that it has completed a move into its new offices in Midland Tower, the latest step in the energy law firm’s ongoing commitment to serving clients in the Permian Basin.
Burleson now occupies the fourth floor of the building at 223 West Wall St. The firm’s attorneys in Midland focus almost exclusively on all aspects of oil and gas law, including litigation, condemnations, title examinations, acquisitions, divestitures, environmental issues, water issues, and ad valorem taxation disputes.
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Andrews Myers Expands Regional Presence with new Downtown Austin Location
Andrews Myers PC today announced its expansion in Texas with the opening of an office in San Jacinto Center at 98 San Jacinto Blvd, Suite 300, Austin. The new office is the culmination of a longstanding desire by Andrews Myers to enter the capital city’s progressive and entrepreneurial market and the Central Texas region. Many of the firm’s Texas corporate law clients have operations in the Central Texas region, and this office will allow Andrews Myers to improve service to those clients and develop new relationships. The Austin office opens with Jason Spencer, new firm Shareholder and Texas construction law attorney. He is formerly a Shareholder of the local office of Ford Nassen & Baldwin, leading the initial group of Austin-based attorneys.
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Immigration Lawyer Scott Bettridge Joins Akerman Senterfitt’s Labor & Employment Practice Group in Miami
Scott Bettridge has joined Akerman Senterfitt as a shareholder in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group in Miami where he will focus on corporate and individual U.S. immigration matters.
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Morgan Lewis Advises Itera on Sale of Stake in JV Company to Rosneft
Rosneft and members of Itera Oil and Gas Company LLC, announced today Rosneft’s acquisition of the remaining 49% of Itera Oil and Gas Company LLC from Itera Holdings Limited for $2.9 billion, increasing Rosneft’s share in Itera Oil and Gas Company LLC to 100%.
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | Moscow
McGuireWoods Adds Labor and Employment Lawyer in Texas
McGuireWoods LLP today announced that Kevin Duddlesten has joined the firm’s Labor and Employment Department as a partner in Austin, where he will represent employers in all areas of labor and employment law.
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Cozen O’Connor Continues Growth, Adds Lateral Attorneys In Florida and Los Angeles
Cozen O’Connor continues to grow with the addition of two senior lateral attorneys: corporate transactions attorney Jahan S. Islami, who joins the firm as a partner in the Florida office, and commercial litigator Matthew S. Steinberg, who joins the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Islami previously was with K&L Gates. Mr. Steinberg previously was with Greenberg Traurig, and was the founding partner of that firm’s Los Angeles office. With the addition of Messrs. Islami and Steinberg, Cozen O’Connor has acquired 35 lateral attorneys, and has opened two new offices in West Palm Beach, Florida and Minneapolis, Minnesota since January 2013.
Tags: Cozen O'Connor, P.C. | Los Angeles