Venable LLP has announced that Allyson Baker, who helped stand up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Enforcement and served as lead counsel on one of the agency’s first enforcement actions, which also resulted in its largest settlement to date, has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, DC office.
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James F. (Jamie) Thompson and Charlene B. Wright have joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon as partners in the firm’s national Environmental and Toxic Tort Practice. Thompson will be resident in the Kansas City office. Wright will be resident in Houston. Both were previously partners at Lathrop & Gage in Kansas City.
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King & Wood Mallesons has advised Coles on a strategic long term alliance with ISPT pursuant to which ISPT will initially acquire a 75% interest in its 19-strong national shopping centre portfolio and the joint venture will develop and acquire additional centres.
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsBond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC is pleased to announce Jeffrey B. Scheer has joined our Syracuse office as a Member (Partner).
Senior environmental lawyer and a former attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), David Rabbino, has joined Tonkon Torp.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented RBC Capital Markets in connection with the issuance of first lien and second lien loans to Healogics, Inc., the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services, in connection with the refinancing of the Borrower’s existing indebtedness.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented RBC Capital Markets and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as Joint Lead Arrangers and RBC Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and GE Capital Markets, Inc. as Joint Bookrunners in connection with a $330 million term loan and a $50 million revolving loan to Micro Holding, L.P. and Internet Brands, Inc.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkJohn F. Fletcher, a tax attorney at General Electric, has joined Jones Walker LLP as a partner in the Tax and Estates Practice Group and as a member of the firm’s State and Local Tax (“SALT”) team.
Rajah & Tann has expanded its regional footprint again with the addition of Assegaf Hamzah & Partners in Indonesia as a partner in its fast-expanding Asean legal network.
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Latham & Watkins has assisted Asia Community Ventures (“ACV”), on a pro bono basis, in its incorporation and registration as a company limited by guarantee with the Companies Registry and its successful application for charity status under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112) (the “Ordinance”). ACV is an independent, Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organization supporting impact investing and social entrepreneurship in Hong Kong and Asia. Among its activities, ACV, working in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation, has launched the “Impact Economy Innovations Fund” offering unconditional grants of up to a total of $400,000 to fund intermediaries that promote the growth of impact investing and social enterprise work in Asia.
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