Craig will join M&A partners Neil Pathak and Ben Macdonald in Gilbert + Tobin’s Melbourne office, further enhancing the M&A and corporate advisory practice and expanding the firm’s Melbourne presence.
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Robert Kline Joins Quarles & Brady’s Trusts & Estates Practice Group
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Robert “Bob” James Kline has joined the firm’s Tampa office as a partner in the Trusts & Estates Practice Group.
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Paul Weiss – The Carlyle Group Joins Other Investors in $3.7 Billion Focus Media Buyout
Paul, Weiss client The Carlyle Group, together with other investors, successfully took private Focus Media for $3.7 billion in the largest-ever going-private deal by a Chinese company. The Carlyle Group invested in Focus Media, China’s largest lifestyle-targeted interactive digital media network, through its Asia Partners III fund alongside FountainVest, CITIC Capital, China Everbright, Nanchun Jiang and Fosun International Limited.
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Ogletree Deakins Strengthens Wage and Hour Practice in New York, Welcomes Eric Su as Shareholder
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Eric Su as a shareholder in its New York City office. Su joins Ogletree Deakins from Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment, Litigation and Construction practice groups. Su is the 18th shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins in 2013 and the third shareholder to join the firm’s New York City office. The firm welcomed Ronald Kreismann in May, and Frank Birchfield joined in March.
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Ashurst Announces Opening of New Office in Glasgow
Ashurst Advises on £935 Million Acquisition of Vue Entertainment
Simpson Thacher Advises Carlyle on Secondary Offering
Simpson Thacher recently represented The Carlyle Group in connection with a $296 million secondary offering of common units by California Public Employees’ Retirement System (“CalPERS”).
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Olswang Strengthens Its Tax Offering with New Partner
Gunster Adds Prominent Florida Appellate Judge as Shareholder in Its Miami Office
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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