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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Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Eric Page has joined their Tampa office as a partner. Mr. Page is a seasoned litigator with experience in a multitude of areas, including real estate, land use, taxation and zoning matters.

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Hogan Lovells advised members of the Shah Deniz Consortium (BP, Statoil, SOCAR, and Total) on an equity option and funding agreement; and the Shah Deniz Consortium on a co-operation agreement, both with Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GMBH (Nabucco) and its existing shareholders (OMV, BOTAS, BEH, Transgaz, RWE and FGSZ).

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Jon Hanifan has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lead its European hedge fund tax advisory team. He joined the firm today from Ernst & Young, where he was a director in the hedge fund tax practice.

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