Irwin Mitchell’s vision to be recognised as one of the leading real estate law firms in the UK has received a major boost after it confirmed that high profile commercial property lawyers, Anita Weightman, Roy Beckett, Patrick Duffy and Tony Weightman, will join the firm’s Manchester office from DLA Piper on 1 February 2013.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today that it is adding energy Partners Julian Nichol and Alastair Young to its London office. Nichol will serve as the office’s managing partner. These additions will serve to expand and enhance Bracewell’s globally recognized energy practice.
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Peak Re’s Hong Kong subsidiary Peak Reinsurance Company Limited is aiming initially to capture the growing demand for reinsurance in the Asia-Pacific region and has planned to service markets in the region. Peak Re has an issued capital of US$550 million, with Fosun International contributing US$468 million as the founding shareholder and IFC putting in an equity investment of US$82 million. Fosun International is a major investment group with a focus on China and IFC is the investment arm of the World Bank Group. Both companies have teamed up to capitalise on the growing demand of the Asia-Pacific reinsurance market.
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Leading international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising Ardagh Group, a global leader in glass and metal packaging solutions, which has entered into exclusive negotiations with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain to purchase the entire issued capital of Verallia North America (“VNA”) for US$1.7bn (approximately €1.275bn).
Tags: Freshfields LLPLeading international law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised UAE banking group Emirates NBD on its acquisition of a 95.2% stake in BNP Paribas Egypt. In line with Emirates NBD’s plans for regional expansion, the deal will greatly expand the bank’s corporate and retail offering and give it a strategic presence in the key Egyptian banking market.
Tags: Freshfields LLP | DubaiInternational law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised 3i PLC and funds managed by 3i PLC (“3i”) on the exit of NORMA Group AG, a Germany-based international market leader in engineered joining technology.
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Eckert Seamans is very pleased to announce that former Virginia Attorney General Anthony F. Troy has joined the firm as a Member in the Richmond office. He comes to Eckert Seamans from Troutman Sanders LLP.
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The Warsaw office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Lech Giliciński as a partner in its banking and finance practice, with a particular focus on restructuring and bankruptcy. He joins the firm from Wierzbowski Eversheds.
Tags: K&L Gates LLPBradley Murchison Kelly & Shea LLC is pleased to announce that the firm has expanded its operations by opening an office and adding client services in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Norton Rose is pleased to announce that Luis Carlos Neira Mejía and his team of lawyers from the highly respected and well-known Colombian firm Holguin Neira & Pombo have joined our Bogotá office to continue the rapid expansion of the global firm in the Colombian market.
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