National law firm Wilson Elser is pleased to announce that Frank Fanshawe, a well-known figure in the Capital District health care community, has joined the firm’s Albany office as a partner with its Health Care practice.
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Skadden is representing SCOR Global Life SE in its $750 million acquisition of Generali U.S. Holdings, Inc., the holding company of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.’s U.S. life reinsurance operations, announced on June 4.
Tags: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPSkadden is representing Sungate Properties LLC in its $700 million joint acquisition with affiliates of the Safra family of a 40 percent interest in the General Motors Building at 767 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, announced on May 31.
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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Simon Bushell has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Litigation Department. Bushell is a senior litigator, with substantial experience of large-scale, cross border, commercial litigation.
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Steve Luckner as a shareholder in its Morristown office. Luckner, an employment litigator and counselor who has practiced in New Jersey and New York for more than 15 years, joins Ogletree Deakins from Coughlin Duffy LLP where he was a partner. Luckner is the 16th shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins in 2013.
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The firm has announced plans to open an office in Sydney, Australia. The office will be opened by Michael Mills and Michelle Fox, who will be joining the firm from Herbert Smith Freehills, and James Webster, a long time Quinn Emanuel partner.
Tags: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPSheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo have joined the firm’s New York office as partners. Sheila, a market-leading mass torts and insurance trial attorney, and Mark, a renowned products liability trial attorney, co-head the firm’s Global Products Liability and Mass Torts Practice.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. (VakifBank), a Turkish bank, on the establishment of its $3 billion MTN programme. This is the first Medium Term Note (MTN) programme set up by a Turkish issuer. The programme has been listed on the Irish Stock Exchange’s regulated market but permits the issuer to issue both listed and unlisted series of notes.
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added shareholder Bradley R. Marsh to its Tax Practice Group in San Francisco. Marsh’s practice is concentrated in the areas of federal, state and local tax controversy matters, including payroll, property, business license, employment, franchise, parcel, district, sales, documentary transfer, transient occupancy, utility user, income, parking, gift and estate taxes.
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