Theodore R. Walters has joined Porter Wright’s Naples office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department.
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Brian Kimball Joins Butler Snow
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC (Butler Snow) is pleased to announce that Brian C. Kimball has joined the firm’s Ridgeland office.
Former Assistant Prosecutor and Assistant Attorney General John Dakmak Joins Clark Hill PLC Detroit
Attorney John Dakmak has joined Clark Hill PLC Detroit as a Senior Attorney in the Litigation Practice Group. Dakmak focuses his litigation practice in the areas of white collar criminal defense, administrative law, and business litigation.
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King & Spalding Continues Build Up of Global Disputes Team with Addition of Three-Lawyer International Arbitration Team in the UAE
King & Spalding today announced the addition of a team of three international arbitration and construction lawyers from Simmons & Simmons to its Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices, the latest move in its plan of expansion of its global disputes capabilities.
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Akin Gump Adds Key Partner in Beijing
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has bolstered its corporate practice further in Asia with the addition of Li Chen as a partner in the firm’s Beijing office. She joins the firm from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.
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Akin Gump has advised CITIC PE, a private equity fund associated with a unit of China’s CITIC Private Equity Funds Management Co., Ltd., in its successful buyout of Chinese biotech firm 3SBio Inc. CITIC PE formed a consortium with the management team of 3SBio Inc. in connection with the transaction.
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Gardere Welcomes Public Law Partners in Houston
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Partners Michael A. Stafford andKatharine D. (Kate) David to the Firm’s Houston office. The duo joins Gardere’s Trial Practice Group, adding depth to the Firm’s Government Affairs and Condemnation/Eminent Domain practices.
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New Global Legal Practice Norton Rose Fulbright Launches Today
Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP are pleased to announce their completed combination – effective today, Monday June 3 – creating a new, global legal practice, Norton Rose Fulbright. This transatlantic combination is one of the largest in the history of the legal profession.
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Baker & McKenzie Advises Regal Real Estate Investment Trust on Its Notes Issuance
Baker & McKenzie has advised Regal Real Estate Investment Trust (“Regal REIT”) on its issuance of US$150 million 4.10% guaranteed notes due 2018 (“Notes”) pursuant to the establishment of its US$1 billion medium term note programme (“MTN Programme”) in January 2013.
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Cooley Antitrust Team Helps Clear Tesoro for $1.075 Billion Acquisition
Cooley LLP announced today that its antitrust team successfully persuaded the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and California Attorney General to close their nine month investigation of Tesoro Corporation’s proposed $1.175 billion acquisition of British Petroleum’s Southern California Refining and Marketing business. Cooley represented Tesoro on the antitrust aspects of the acquisition.
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