The national law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC today announced the addition of nine litigators from McGivney & Kluger, P.C. The group will join the firm in the continued expansion of Eckert Seamans’ Boston and White Plains offices and create a new Eckert Seamans office in Newark, New Jersey.
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Hogan Lovells is expanding its global litigation and arbitration practice with the recruitment of a litigation team from Linklaters in Moscow. New partner Alexei Dudko will join the firm on 30 January 2013 and he will be bringing a team with him.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented RBC Capital Markets in connection with financing Confie Seguros, a leading national insurance broker primarily focused on the insurance needs of the Hispanic consumer, acquisition by ABRY Partners VII, LP, an affiliate of ABRY Partners.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkThe international law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP today announced that Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja, a leading banking and finance lawyer, has joined the firm as an international partner in Chadbourne’s Latin America group. She will divide her time between Chadbourne’s New York, Mexico City and São Paulo offices.
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William L. Sturman has joined Covington & Burling’s corporate practice as a partner, strengthening the firm’s private equity fund formation capabilities. He will be resident in Covington’s New York office.
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Sidley Austin has advised UBS as sole book runner for Philippine conglomerate GT Capital Holdings Inc. (“GTCAP”) on the largest-ever overnight equity transaction executed out of the Philippines to date. Grand Titan Capital Holdings, Inc (“Grand Titan”), which is GTCAP’s controlling shareholder, was the selling entity. The placement raised approx. Php10.1 billion (approx. US$249 million) for GTCAP and Php4.2 billion (approx. US$104 million) for Grand Titan.
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O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX) in its acquisition of Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on critical unmet diagnostic and therapeutic needs of the prostate cancer patient.
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Day Pitney LLP is pleased to announce that prominent IP lawyer Andrew Riddles has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property group as a partner. He will divide his time between the firm’s Stamford and New York offices.
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Steptoe & Johnson has expanded its presence in the Utica shale with the opening of a new office in Canton, Ohio. The Canton office is the firm’s second Ohio location – along with an office in Columbus – and its twelfth overall.
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To better serve the needs of clients in the Great Lakes Bay Region, the law firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP will open a new office in Midland in the first quarter of 2013.
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