Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Frank Sun has rejoined the Firm as a partner in Kirkland’s Hong Kong M&A Group. Mr. Sun joins the Firm from the Hong Kong office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Paul J. Wessel has joined its New York office as a partner and leader of the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practice group.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy’s leading Latin American practice began the new year with a major corporate transaction in Brazil’s energy sector. The firm is advising BTG Pactual Oil & Gás Participações S.A. (“BTG Oil & Gas”), a unit of the preeminent Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual, in its $852 million joint venture with offshore supply vessel operator Deep Sea Supply Plc (DESS).
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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced the addition of Robert F. Messerly and Derek T. Neathery to the firm’s Chicago office who will be bringing their national real estate practice to the firm. Both partners were previously with SNR Denton US LLP.
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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.
Tags: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLCThe 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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