Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that prominent tax attorney Edward C. Osterberg, Jr. has joined the firm in Houston as a partner in the Tax Transactions & Consulting practice. Previously, he was a partner at Vinson & Elkins in Houston.
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Electric power lawyer Jay Ryan has joined Baker Botts L.L.P. as a partner today, adding his extensive experience representing clients on transactional, regulatory and litigation matters related to the energy industry to the firm’s Global Projects practice. He will be based in the Washington office.
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. has expanded its New York Corporate & Securities Section with the addition of Andrew Nagel, who joins as a Member.
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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, announced the addition of Andrea N. Satty as a Partner in the firm’s Energy and Project Finance Practice Group, effective immediately.
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Morrison & Foerster today announced that Lawrence A. Ceriello, a highly experienced real estate finance practitioner with significant expertise in originating loans backing commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), has joined the firm’s Real Estate Finance Group in New York as a partner.
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that Jason Weinstein, former deputy assistant attorney general of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division and a former federal prosecutor, has joined the firm as a partner. He will be a member of both the firm’s White-Collar Criminal Defense practice, which includes acclaimed trial attorney Reid Weingarten, and the firm’s Privacy & Data Security practice, which includes Stewart Baker, a former assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security and a leading voice on cybersecurity. Mr. Weinstein will be based in Steptoe’s Washington office.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the $300 million sale of Mid-America Midstream Gas Services, LLC to SemGroup Corporation. The acquisition includes 540,000 acres in the core of the Mississippi Lime Play, along with 200 miles of gathering pipeline, and a pair of cryogenic processing plants.
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Caplin & Drysdale announced today that Peter A. Lowy, a nationally-recognized tax controversy practitioner, has joined the firm as a member in its New York office. Before joining the firm, Mr. Lowy was the Global Tax Dispute Resolution Manager for Royal Dutch Shell, with worldwide management responsibilities for Shell’s tax litigation. He has more than a decade of experience handling tax controversies for several of the world’s largest corporations. Mr. Lowy’s private practice will center on advising and defending multinational corporations, foreign businesses, and U.S. taxpayers in tax disputes with U.S. tax authorities.
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Baker & McKenzie has appointed leading Life Sciences partner, Amanda Turnill, effective 6 May. Amanda joins the Firm from DLA Piper and will co-chair Baker & McKenzie’s Australian Life Sciences group with partner Ben McLaughlin. She will be based in Sydney.
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