Stoel Rives LLP, a U.S. law firm, today announced that it has opened a satellite office in Washington, D.C. The new office is headed by firm partner Greg Jenner, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Tax Policy.

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Gilbert + Tobin is strengthening its Energy and Resources practice with the appointment of a new partner, Phil McKeiver and senior associate, Fionn Bowd.

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Continuing its flow of major capital markets deals in Latin America, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised leading Dominican Republic bank Banco de Reservas de la República Dominicana in its first-ever bond offering.

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Virgin Media Inc. and Liberty Global, Inc. today announced an agreement, subject to shareholder approvals, that Liberty Global will acquire Virgin Media in a stock and cash merger valued at approximately US$24 billion. The combined company will serve over 25 million customers across 14 different countries, with a predominant strategic focus on European markets.

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Enhancing its leadership in communications and cybersecurity law, Venable LLP announced that James Arden Barnett, Jr., Rear Admiral, USN (Retired), has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, DC. Jamie Barnett is the former Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau for the Federal Communications Commission. He becomes co-chair of the Telecommunications Group and a partner in the firm’s cybersecurity practice.

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International legal practice Norton Rose has advised the EU agency, Fusion for Energy, on a contract in excess of €250m for the design and construction of a tokamak reactor hall and associated infrastructure for a fusion reactor complex at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Project in Cadarache, France.

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Norton Rose in Australia has acted for a consortium of investors on the acquisition of Cubbie Station, Australia’s largest cotton farm. The consortium consists of Australian wool trading company Lempriere Pty Ltd and a leading Chinese textile company Shandong RuYi Scientific & Technology Group Co. Ltd.

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The Pittsburgh office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes David H. Ehrenwerth as a partner in its real estate investment, development, and finance practice. Ehrenwerth returns to K&L Gates following a two-and-a-half-year Presidential appointment as Regional Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) and, most recently, Associate Commissioner of the United States Public Buildings Service.

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Ice Miller LLP is pleased to announce that prominent estate attorney Paul J. Corsaro has joined the Firm as a partner in the Trusts and Estates Group in the Indianapolis, Ind. office. Corsaro has substantial legal experience, serving families and closely-held businesses throughout Indiana. Most recently, Corsaro was a partner in a major Indianapolis law firm where he served as a member of their estate planning practice group.

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