DLA Piper advised US-corporation General Electric (GE) on the acquisition of the aviation segment of the Italian engine manufacturer Avio S.P.A. The purchase price was $ 4.3 billion (€ 3.3 billion).

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International legal practice Norton Rose is advising ArcelorMittal in its agreement to sell a 15% interest in its wholly-owned subsidiary, ArcelorMittal Mines Canada, for $1.1 billion to a consortium led by South Korea’s POSCO and Taiwan’s China Steel Corporation.

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Michael J. Burke has joined the White Plains, New York office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC as a Member in the firm’s Product Liability Group. He comes to Eckert Seamans from Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP.

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Squire Sanders has appointed Steven Norris, formerly partner and national head of Regulated Procurement at DLA Piper, as a partner in its Regulatory practice.  Based in Squire Sanders’ Birmingham office, Norris will take a leading role in expanding the firm’s global procurement practice, spending time in London and Washington D.C.

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Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Bupa Care Services Australia on the proposed acquisition of the residential aged care business operated by the Innovative Care Group.

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome a group of five attorneys from The Lowenbaum Partnership to the firm’s St. Louis office. The move cements Ogletree Deakins as the dominant labor and employment law firm in St. Louis and deepens the value the firm delivers to clients in the market and across Missouri. Joining Ogletree Deakins as shareholders are Bob Stewart, Stan Schroeder, and Bill Lawson; Charlie Morgan serves as of counsel, and Nathan Harris as an associate. Their collective experience expands the office’s capabilities in complex and growing areas of significance to employers including traditional labor relations, employee benefits, and employment litigation. With this move, Ogletree Deakins becomes the largest management-side labor and employment practice in St. Louis and, when combined with its Kansas City office, the largest labor and employment practice in Missouri.

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National law firm Miller Thomson LLP is expanding its Montréal office with the addition of respected lawyer Michel La Roche, a specialist in business restructuring and finance. His colleagues Michel d’Amours and Jean-François Gauvin will also be joining the firm. The move is considered strategic in light of the continued demand for financial and business consultancy services in Québec’s competitive market.

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We have recruited Kim Walker, Partner, to our Commercial team. Kim joins from Pinsent Masons where he was a partner and former Head of Intellectual Property with a wide-ranging practice focusing on contractual and advisory work involving IP, IT and commercial law.

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