Arnstein & Lehr is pleased to announce that Miguel Diaz de la Portilla and Elinette Ruiz joined our Miami office Monday, January 7, in the Municipal & Governmental Practice Group. Prior to joining Arnstein & Lehr, Miguel was a shareholder and Elinette was an associate at the firm of Becker & Poliakoff in Miami.
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Baker & McKenzie Welcomes Cross-Border IP Partner Kensaku Takase to the Tokyo Office
Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) welcomes new partner Kensaku Takase, a Registered Foreign Lawyer (gaikokuho jimu bengoshi) who joined the Tokyo office as of January 5. Mr. Takase will be working as a member of the Intellectual Property/ Information Technology/ Electronic Commerce (IP/IT/EC) group and will mainly be involved with cross-border IP matters, having vast experience in the field of intellectual property rights and information technology.
Tags: Baker McKenzie | TokyoNoted Corporate Transactions, M&A Attorney Thomas L’Helias Joins Andrews Kurth
Andrews Kurth LLP is proud to announce that noted corporate transactions and mergers and acquisitions attorney Thomas P. L’Helias has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a Partner in New York.
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Kilpatrick Townsend Adds Corporate Partner to New York Office
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that Guy N. Molinari has joined the firm’s New York office. Mr. Molinari will be a partner on the Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Team within the firm’s Corporate, Finance, & Real Estate Department.
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Dykema Opens Minneapolis Office with Addition of Top Corporate, Commercial and Intellectual Property Lawyers
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that it is expanding its platform with a new office in Minneapolis, the firm’s first office in the state. The office, which is Dykema’s 12th nationwide, will be anchored by top corporate and commercial lawyer Joe Roach, who joins from Briggs and Morgan, and by top intellectual property lawyer Reed Heimbecher, formerly of St. Jude Medical. Dykema’s new office will be located in the Wells Fargo Center.
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Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented the sponsors, GDF SUEZ, the French utility company, and Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. Ltd., on the successful $990 million project financing raised by Japanese Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) and a group of commercial banks composed of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Mizuho Corporate Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
McDermott Bolsters Health Transactions, Regulatory Capabilities
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced the appointments of two leading healthcare lawyers, Dale Van Demark and Jason B. Caron, as partners in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office. The two partners, who join from a leading health law firm, add further strength to McDermott’s top-ranked Health Industry Advisory Practice Group.
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Weil Enhances China M&A Capabilities With Addition Of Beijing Partner
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that Li Li has joined its Beijing office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice group.
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP | BeijingWeil Advises Longstanding Client Advent on Investment in Mexico’s Leading Independent Mandatory Pension Fund Administrator
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has advised longstanding client Advent International on its preferred securities investment into InverCap Holdings, whose main subsidiary, Afore InverCap, is the largest independent mandatory pension fund administrator in Mexico.
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLPWeil Secures Dismissal of Shareholder Class Action Against Satyam’s Former Directors
On January 2, 2013, Weil obtained a significant victory on behalf of its clients, former independent directors of Satyam Computer Services Ltd., when the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed all claims against them in the shareholder class action In re Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Securities Litigation. Weil represents five of the seven former directors and has acted as lead counsel for all of the defendant directors named in the suit.
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