Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, today announced the addition of Florida Third District Court of Appeal Judge Angel A. Cortiñas as a shareholder in its Miami office. Cortinas will focus his practice on white-collar defense, complex litigation, receiverships, appeals and arbitration. The new hire bolsters the firm’s strategic plan to grow its Miami office and its white-collar defense practice.
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Seyfarth Opens in Australia with Offices in Sydney and Melbourne
Taking the next step in its global growth, leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP today announced the launch of a full-service national and cross-border labor and employment practice in Australia.
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Leading Emerging Companies Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Dan Burnham has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Corporate Department. He has extensive experience representing emerging companies and venture capital investors in Los Angeles and across the country in financings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. He joins from Strategic Law Partners in Los Angeles.
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Drinker Biddle Continues New York Expansion with Addition of Kay Gordon
Experienced hedge fund, investment management and private equity lawyer Kay A. Gordon joins Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP today as a partner in the firm’s 30-lawyer, nationally ranked Investment Management Group. She joins the firm from the New York office of K&L Gates.
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Akin Gump Advises EP Energy on $800 Million Natural Gas Divestitures
In a pair of divestitures announced today, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is advising EP Energy in the sale of more than 500 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas proved reserves.
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Greenberg Traurig Maher Advising AstraZeneca on US$1.15bn Purchase
International law firm Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP (GTM) is advising AstraZeneca on its US$1.15bn (£740m) acquisition of Pearl Therapeutics, a privately held US company developing inhaled combination therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases.
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K&L Gates Enhances Energy Practice with Los Angeles Partner Hire
The Los Angeles office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Charles E. Schwenck as a partner in the energy, infrastructure and resources practice. Schwenck arrives from Foley & Lardner LLP.
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Edwards Wildman Expands Global Finance Practice with the Addition of Susan Neuberg as a Partner in Washington, DC
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Susan E. D. Neuberg has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Law Department, residing in the firm’s offices in New York City and Washington, DC.
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Taylor Wessing Middle East Advises Mediaquest on Acquisition of AME Info FZ-LLC
Taylor Wessing Middle East has advised leading regional media business, Mediaquest, on its acquisition of the AME Info and SME Info websites, two of the leading business outlets for news and information in the Middle East and North Africa region from AME Info FZ-LLC, owned by Top Right Group.
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Goodwin Advises Frazier Healthcare on Portfolio Company’s $308 Million Acquisition of AndersonBrecon
Goodwin attorneys recently advised Frazier Healthcare and its portfolio company Packaging Coordinators, Inc. (PCI) in the acquisition of AndersonBrecon from AmerisourceBergen Corporation. As a result of the $308 million cash deal, PCI is now one of the world’s largest outsourced pharmaceutical packaging businesses.
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