The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that Colleen Heisey has joined the Washington Office as a partner in the Health Care Practice. Formerly a partner in Hunton & Williams, LLP’s Washington office, Ms. Heisey focuses on food and drug law with a particular emphasis on advertising, promotion, and compliance counseling.
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Longtime Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Fish has joined international law firm Locke Lord’s New York office as a Partner in its nationwide White Collar/Internal Investigations Practice. Fish has served with the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York for 14 years, most recently as deputy chief of the appeals unit and previously with the securities and commodities fraud task force and the major crimes unit. As a member of Locke Lord’s Litigation Department, Fish’s widespread experience in insider trading, securities fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, embezzlement and other jury trials will expand the Firm’s capabilities in the White Collar/Internal Investigations arena and also provide valuable synergies with the Antitrust and IP Pharmaceutical practices.
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Continuing the expansion of the firm’s West Coast presence and nationally-recognized product liability and life sciences capabilities, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. has added a product liability group to its San Francisco office with the addition of Daniel J. Herling and Michelle Gillette, who join as Members. The group builds on the thriving litigation, corporate, intellectual property and real estate practice the firm has established in the Bay Area.
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Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Alan J. Kessel has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group, resident in the Orange County office.
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Latham & Watkins LLP advised Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova) in its Ps.7.4 billion (US$598 million) global initial public offering of common stock. The common stock, which was sold in a registered offering in Mexico and a private placement in the United States and outside Mexico, represented 18.9% of IEnova’s outstanding ownership interest, including overallotment options granted to the managers of the offering that were exercised in full.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised Post Advisory Group LLC in the sale of a minority stake in Post Advisory Group, LLC to Nippon Life Insurance Company.
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Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce the addition of a distinguished team of state and local taxation attorneys to the firm’s Ann Arbor, Michigan, office. Joanne B. Faycurry (partner), Samuel J. McKim III (of counsel), Sarah G. Deson-Fried (counsel) and Jackie J. Cook (associate) all join Schiff Hardin from Miller Canfield P.L.C. in Detroit. They represent multi-state corporate clients—including Discount Tire, Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Masco Corporation—in national, state and local tax matters.
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Williams Mullen is pleased to announce that Knicole Emanuel has joined our firm as a Partner in our Litigation practice. Ms. Emanuel has more than ten years’ experience as an attorney specializing in Medicaid law. She understands the intricate Medicaid payment system, the unique business of health care providers, the overlay of federal and state Medicaid rules and regulations, and actions of state agencies that all affect the way healthcare entities operate.
Tags: Williams MullenWilliams Mullen is pleased to announce that Laura Windsor has joined our firm as a Partner in our Labor and Employment practice. Ms. Windsor comes from Troutman Sanders, where she worked as an associate for nine years before becoming of counsel.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, the number two global container shipping line, on its sale of 35 percent of Terminal Investment Limited SA (“TIL”) to Global Infrastructure Partners and a group of its LP co-investors. The consideration is US$1.929 billion, including certain payments contingent on TIL’s future performance.
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