Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Juan C. Zorrilla has joined the firm’s Miami office as a partner in the South Florida Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Zorrilla has practiced law in large firms and more specialized litigation boutique firms. Before joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Zorrilla was the founding member of Zorrilla & Associates, P.L.
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Leah J. Knowlton, who has more than 20 years of experience advising clients in environmental regulatory matters and litigation, has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the Atlanta office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Penny Madden has joined the firm’s London office as a partner. Formerly a partner with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Madden will continue her international arbitration and disputes practice.
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Porter Hedges recently announced the recruitment of Jeremy Mouton. The partner is an important hire for the Houston firm’s Energy practice and bring years of experience in the Houston legal market.
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Edward “Ted” S. Johnson has joined the firm as a partner in its M&A and Private Equity Practice Group based in the firm’s Tokyo office. A leading corporate and M&A lawyer in Japan, Mr. Johnson was formerly a partner with Paul Hastings where he previously served as Managing Partner of the Tokyo office.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has represented Edwards Group Limited, as co-counsel with Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP, on its takeover by Atlas Copco. Edwards, the Crawley, UK-headquartered developer and manufacturer of vacuum products, abatement systems and related value-added services, has entered in to a definitive merger agreement with Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco AB, which has leading positions in compressors, expanders and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems.
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Pillsbury today welcomed Steven Moore, an accomplished patent litigator with a client base of leading companies in the electronics and wireless communications space. He joins the firm from Goodwin Proctor as a partner in the San Diego Intellectual Property practice and anticipates bringing a seasoned team of three IP litigation attorneys.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced the addition of George Baptista as a partner in its Banking & Finance practice and Latin America group in New York. He joins from Allen & Overy in New York, where he was senior counsel in the International Capital Markets Group.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as joint book-running managers, BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., CIBC World Markets Corp., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as senior co-managers, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., as co-managers, in connection with Cenovus Energy Inc.’s $800 million offering consisting of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.800% notes due 2023 and $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.200% notes due 2043.
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