Anna M. Gomez, who served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) since 2009, has joined Wiley Rein in its Washington, DC office as a partner in the Communications Practice. Ms. Gomez will assume a senior leadership role in the firm’s Telecommunications Group, which is one of the largest and broadest based practices in the world.
Tags: Wiley Rein LLPThe national trial and business law firm Rose•Walker, L.L.P. is expanding its practice with the opening of a new office in Durango, Colo.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represents Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital in their agreement to acquire BMC Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: BMC) for approximately $6.9 billion, one of the largest leveraged buyouts this year.
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Cahill represented JPMorgan Chase Bank and Jefferies Finance as lead arrangers in connection with a $225,000,000 Term B Loan and $50,000,000 revolving credit facility for Reddy Ice Corporation. Cahill also represented the lead arrangers in connection with a new $120,000,000 second lien term loan for Reddy Ice.
Tags: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | New YorkCapehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Nancy J. Johnson, Esq. has recently joined the Firm’s Workers’ Compensation Department as a Shareholder in its Mt. Laurel office.
Stephen E. Hale has joined Hall Estill as a shareholder in its Tulsa office.
Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of two partners to its rapidly growing Houston office. Mark D. Temple and Leah T. Rudnicki bring the total number of partners in the firm’s newest office to 16 and the number of lawyers to 22.
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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that four noted intellectual property litigators have joined the firm as partners in the Litigation Department. The team of attorneys adds recognized patent trial experience to the firm, which has made a series of bold market moves in recent years in building a premier Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.
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Winston & Strawn LLP has announced Paula W. Hinton will join the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the litigation practice. Ms. Hinton was formerly a partner at Vinson & Elkins, where her practice focused on representing businesses in a broad array of complex civil litigation. The arrival of Ms. Hinton broadens the office’s litigation capabilities and underscores Winston & Strawn’s commitment to developing a full-service platform in Houston.
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