Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (Cadwalader), a leading counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, today announced that Steven G. Eckhaus, one of the preeminent figures in U.S. executive compensation and employment law, has joined the Firm as Partner.
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Baker & McKenzie is acting for US Private Equity firm Altamont Capital Partners on Billabong International’s A$325m debt refinancing. Under the deal, the Altamont consortium will acquire up to 40 per cent of the surf wear company, and its action-sports and outdoor-accessories brand, DaKine.
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Experienced prosecutor and intellectual property attorney Priya Sopori has joined Locke Lord’s Los Angeles Office as a Partner in the IP Litigation Practice. She is the fourth new attorney hired in Los Angeles in recent months and one of many new California additions as the international law firm continues to bolster its litigation and transactional capabilities on the West Coast.
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Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that government contracts and commercial litigation lawyers Ryan C. Berry and Lesley Whitcomb Fierst have joined the firm as partners in its Tysons Corner, Virginia office.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. on the tender offer to buy back a maximum €1.5 billion of its outstanding Senior Notes.
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Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Thomas P. Dwyer has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Geoffrey D. Schwartz, who has worked closely with Dwyer, has also joined the firm as an associate in the Corporate and Securities Group. Both joined from Blank Rome LLP and will reside in the Philadelphia office.
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Rutan & Tucker LLP, Orange County’s largest full-service law firm, recently announced that seasoned attorney Ellis Wasson has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate, Securities and Tax Section.
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Davis Polk is advising Baidu Holdings Limited in connection with its $1.9 billion acquisition of 91 Wireless Websoft Limited. The memorandum of understanding for the transaction was signed on July 15, 2013. The transaction is subject to the conclusion of definitive documentation, which are expected to be signed by August 14, 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Hong KongDavis Polk advised New Colt Holding Corp. on its acquisition by Colt Defense LLC. Financial terms of the transaction, which closed on July 12, 2013, were not disclosed.
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