Morgan Lewis Advises Statoil on Rosneft Exploration Projects Agreement

An international Morgan Lewis team advised Norway’s Statoil on the negotiation of shareholding and operation agreements for four Russian continental shelf field exploration JVs with Rosneft (Russia’s premier state-owned oil company), signed last week as a significant milestone under the strategic cooperation arrangements reached between the two companies in May of this year.

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DAC Beachcroft Appoints New Partner in Global Insurance Team

International law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP has appointed Anthony Menzies as a Partner in its market-leading Global Insurance team in London. Anthony is recognised as a leading specialist in marine, energy and engineering and will head up the firm’s marine and offshore energy practice, based in its Mincing Lane offices.

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Helen B. Kim Joins Theodora Oringher PC

Theodora Oringher PC is pleased to welcome Helen B. Kim as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Los Angeles office.  Helen is a commercial litigator focusing on the representation of public and private companies and their directors, officers and principal shareholders in complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of securities and other class actions, shareholder derivative suits and regulatory investigations.

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McDermott Advises SPAC on $500 Million Reverse Acquisition

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced that it successfully represented JWC Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by affiliates of J.W. Childs Associates, a Boston-based private equity firm, in its $500 million deal to access public markets through a reverse acquisition with The Tile Shop.

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