Frost Brown Todd is pleased to announce the arrival of Van P. East, III as a member at the firm’s growing Nashville office. East serves his clients in matters involving commercial real estate and business transactions, as well as matters involving corporations, limited liability companies and other closely-held business entities.
Tags: FBT Gibbons LLPTwo of Kent’s best-known law firms – Vertex Law and Cripps Harries Hall – have announced that they will be merging at the end of September 2013.
Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Dr. Torsten Rosenboom as partner in its expanding Frankfurt office, which opened in January 2013.
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Global legal practice, Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed Richard Bull to its Corporate, M&A and Securities practice. Richard will join from CMS Cameron McKenna.
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Phelps Dunbar LLP announces the opening of a new firm office in Dallas/Fort Worth, established with six attorneys formerly of long-standing Texas firm Cantey Hanger LLP. This is Phelps Dunbar’s second location in Texas after Houston and 11th office overall.
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A team of McGuireWoods lawyers, led by partners Harrison Marshall, Chris Scheurer and Rick Viola is representing Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. (NYSE: HTSI), in connection with its merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR).
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With a focus on what opportunities lie ahead for its clients in the private equity industry, Nixon Peabody LLP has strengthened its nationally recognized private equity practice with the arrival of new partner Stacy L. Vezina.
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On July 10, Monitronics International, Inc. (“Monitronics”), a subsidiary of Ascent Capital Group Inc. (“Ascent”), signed a definitive agreement to acquire Security Networks, LLC (“Security Networks”), resulting in a leading home security solutions provider with greater scale, an expanded footprint and enhanced growth prospects.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | New YorkA highly-regarded group of lawyers with accumulated experience of more than a century of practice in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries — including eight partners who specialize in a wide range of transactional and dispute matters — joined Baker Botts L.L.P. today. The lawyers will work from firm offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
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Morrison & Foerster LLP is pleased to welcome Donald Lampe as a Partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Lampe, who joins the Financial Services Group, is a nationally recognized expert in bank regulatory and consumer financial services issues, with significant experience in mortgage regulation. Mr. Lampe advises banks, non-bank creditors, collection agencies, loan servicers and other financial services providers in connection with regulatory, compliance and administrative matters. He also has extensive experience representing industry respondents in significant investigations, examinations and enforcement matters.
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