Ogletree Deakins Adds Group in Northwest, Expands Traditional Labor, Litigation, Immigration Practices

Monday, August 12, 2013

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, has significantly deepened its presence in the Northwest by welcoming a group of lawyers from Littler Mendelson. The group includes three highly acclaimed shareholders who bolster Ogletree Deakins’ traditional labor experience, employment litigation capabilities, and immigration depth. Shareholders Howard Rubin, Larry Amburgey, and Patricia Haim reunite with their colleagues Caroline Guest and Ursula Kienbaum, who also recently joined Ogletree Deakins from Littler’s Portland office.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Automotive Investors LLC and Certain Members of TRW’s Management in Public Offering of 10.9 Million Shares of TRW’s Common Stock

Monday, August 12, 2013

The Firm represented Automotive Investors LLC, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P., and certain members of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.’s (“TRW”) management in connection with a registered public offering of 10,900,000 shares of TRW’s common stock. Automotive Investors LLC sold 10,273,062 shares, representing the remainder of its ownership of TRW’s stock. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. served as the underwriter for the offering. The gross proceeds from the offering were $775.971 million.

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Herbert Smith Freehills Advises Australian Oil and Gas Limited on Its Farmout of Nine Petroleum Exploration Permits to Blue Energy Limited

Monday, August 12, 2013

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Darwin based Australian Oil and Gas Limited (AOG) in relation to a farm-out to Blue Energy Limited (BUL), of nine exploration permits located in the Wiso Basin, Northern Territory, Australia, a total area of 111,887 square kilometres or 27.6 million acres.

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Adds Shareholder Michael J. Hanlon to Labor and Employment Section

Monday, August 12, 2013

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today the addition of Michael J. Hanlon as shareholder in its Labor and Employment Section. Hanlon will be based out of the firm’s Philadelphia office. Previously with Blank Rome LLP, Hanlon has distinguished experience in counseling large corporations and government entities about all aspects of employment law and strategic legal issues. He routinely handles executive compensation, employment discrimination and public education issues.

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Arent Fox Adds Two Leading Intellectual Property Litigation Partners

Friday, August 9, 2013

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the addition of top-tier trial attorneys and intellectual property partners, Allan E. Anderson and Timothy L. Skelton, to its nationally recognized Complex Litigation and Intellectual Property practices. Mr. Anderson’s practice encompasses a wide variety of intellectual property matters from trademarks and trade secrets to patent infringement, copyright, and false advertising. Mr. Skelton brings extensive experience in trademark and trade dress litigation matters, including infringement actions, licensing and domain name disputes, and other Internet-related cases.

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