Jones Day announced today that Annica Lindegren, Ulf Kreppel, and Nick Wittek will join the Firm’s Banking & Finance Practice. Ms. Lindegren and Mr. Wittek will be resident in Jones Day’s Frankfurt Office and Mr. Kreppel will be resident in Munich. The three new partners arrive from White & Case. The addition of these lawyers continues the rapid expansion of Jones Day’s German Banking & Finance Practice, which includes a team led by Claudia Leyendecker that joined the Düsseldorf Office late last year, and brings the number of German Banking & Finance partners in the Firm to six. These additions underscore the importance of Banking & Finance to Jones Day Germany and demonstrate the increasing scope of the Firm’s presence in the German market.

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Hughes Hubbard announced today that Matthew R. Nicely has joined its International Trade Department as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Nicely was most recently a partner and head of the International Trade & Customs practice group at Thompson Hine LLP.

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Daniel Goelzer, a former general counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a founding board member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), has returned to Baker & McKenzie as a partner.

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Law firm August & Debouzy and Swiss law firm MeyerLustenberger Lachenal advised the Calida group in connection with the acquisition of the 15.2% stake in Lafuma previously held by the historical family shareholders.

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Jenner & Block recently represented Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (ATN) on communications-related aspects of its $780 million deal to sell Alltel to AT&T.

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Winston & Strawn LLP today announced Costanza Russo has joined the London office as partner in the corporate department, with a focus on infrastructure finance. Ms. Russo joins from DLA Piper in London.

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Osborne Clarke’s international offices have been strengthened with six new partners, including five promotions and one lateral hire. The tally includes three promotions in Spain, one in Germany and one promotion and a lateral hire in Italy. The promotions mean that, for the first time ever, Osborne Clarke has 150 partners.

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It was recently announced that in furtherance of the French prison renovation effort launched by the French Ministry of Justice, l’Agence Publique pour l’Immobilier de la Justice (APIJ) signed two 27-year Public-Private-Partnership contracts with Willkie clients Hélios A and Hélios B, two special purpose vehicles. Hélios A and Hélios B are held by Spie Batignolles (7.5%), GEPSA (GDF-Suez group – 2.5%), BARCLAYS INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SARL – BIIP (Barclays’ group infrastructure fund – 56.5%) and FIDEPPP (BPCE group – 33.5%). The contracts, which were signed on December 21 on behalf of the French State, are valued at €415 million.

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