Gardere Welcomes Skilled Environmental Partner Scott Deatherage in Dallas

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Scott D. Deatherage as a partner in the Firm’s Dallas office. Mr. Deatherage focuses his practice on environmental, energy and greenhouse gas regulatory matters. In addition to providing permitting, compliance and litigation services, he counsels clients — specifically those in the oil and gas, pipeline, mining and manufacturing industries — on a wide array of environmental issues in connection with transactions, including mergers and acquisitions.

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McDermott Strengthens New York Corporate Practice

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced that corporate lawyer Robert H. Cohen has joined as a partner based in the Firm’s New York office. Mr. Cohen, who joins from an Am Law 10 law firm, has nearly 30 years of experience representing issuers and underwriters in a broad range of corporate, M&A and financing transactions.

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Locke Lord Welcomes Partner Michael Kushner in New York as Member of Employee Benefits Section of Tax Practice Group

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Michael Kushner has joined Locke Lord’s New York office as a Partner in the Tax practice, bringing with him more than 25 years of experience in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Employee Benefits and federal tax law matters. His practice encompasses a wide range of clients and issues, both domestic and international.

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Haynes and Boone Represents Citigroup in $1.3B New Notes and $124M Unsecured Exchange Offer for EFH and EFIH

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers, working with attorneys from Shearman & Sterling LLP, assisted Citigroup and Goldman Sachs on state regulatory and environmental aspects of two exchange offers for Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH) and Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company (EFIH) for $1.3 Billion in New Notes and an Unsecured Exchange Offer for $124 Million.

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Lewis Brisbois Adds Team of Ten in New York

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is pleased to welcome ten new attorneys to the firm’s New York office. Senior Partner Darrell Whiteley leads a team of ten from Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer to Lewis Brisbois, where they will join the firm’s General Liability Group, focusing on the defense of construction cases under the New York Labor Law. Joining Whiteley as partners in the New York office are Clare Cunningham and Joshua Jemal. Associates Meghan Cavalieri, Thomas Noss, Carolyn Planas, Nadia Del Toro, Gregory Marshall, Jennifer Loyd, and Bridget Coyne round out the team.

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