Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that Samantha Alfonzo has joined the Toronto office as a partner in the Mining and Mergers and Acquisitions groups.
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Appleby advised Oi Wah Pawnshop Credit Holdings Limited in its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Leading Trans-Pacific Litigator Joins Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Yi-Chin Ho has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Litigation Department. Ho is a high-stakes general commercial litigator with broad experience advising on antitrust and trade regulation, intellectual property and white collar investigation matters for clients in Asia and the United States.
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McDermott Welcomes Leading Dealmaker to New York Office
McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced that leading corporate dealmaker Brian Hoffmann has rejoined the Firm as a partner based in its New York office. Mr. Hoffmann, who was previously Co-Chair of the M&A practice in the Americas at another international law firm, has more than 30 years of experience advising clients on dozens of public and private transactions.
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Intellectual Property Litigator Paul Gupta Joins DLA Piper in New York
DLA Piper announced today that Paul R. Gupta has joined the firm’s Litigation and Intellectual Property and Technology practices as a partner in New York.
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Kirkland & Ellis Represents Windjammer Capital Investors in Final Closing of $726 Million Fund IV
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Windjammer Capital Investors, a leading private investment firm, which yesterday announced it completed fundraising for Windjammer Senior Equity Fund IV with capital commitments in excess of $726 million. Fund IV’s committed capital, which exceeds Windjammer’s fundraising target and Fund III’s $574 million of committed capital, is provided by a diverse group of institutional investors, including U.S. state and city pension plans, global private equity fund of funds, leading corporate pension programs and European government institutions.
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Paul Hastings Adds Assistant Chief of Department of Justice’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit in Washington, DC
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Nathaniel Edmonds has joined the firm as a partner in the Global Compliance and Disputes practice, based in Washington, DC. Mr. Edmonds joins from the Department of Justice (DOJ), where he was an Assistant Chief of the Fraud Section, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit in the Criminal Division. At the time of his hire, Mr. Edmonds was one of the longest-tenured FCPA prosecutors.
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Clifford Chance Enhances Istanbul Offer with Addition of Leading Turkish Corporate Partner
Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance has today announced that well-respected Turkish corporate specialist, Itır Sevim-Çiftçi, will be joining its Turkish law affiliate, Yegin Legal Consultancy, to lead the Corporate practice.
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Hogan Lovells Successfully Acts for Germany’s Antitrust Regulator in EUR1.1 billion Damages Claim
Hogan Lovells has successfully acted for the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) in a EUR1.1 billion government liability damages claim brought by Danish group GN Store Nord, the world’s largest maker of headsets.
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Brown Rudnick Strengthens Its Global Corporate Practice with the Addition of Adolfo R. Garcia
Brown Rudnick LLP is pleased to announce that Adolfo R. Garcia has joined the Firm’s Boston office as a partner in the Corporate & Capital Markets Department. Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Mr. Garcia was a partner at K&L Gates. Previously Mr. Garcia was a partner in the Corporate Department at Ropes & Gray and served as co-founder and co-head of Ropes & Gray’s International Practice where he integrated, managed and expanded a valuable worldwide network of international counsel.
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