Three leading law firms, Salans, Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC) and SNR Denton, are recommending to their partners on Tuesday, November 13, that they become foundational members in the creation of a new top ten international law firm. The firms will bring together their unique strengths, experience and cultures across Europe, Canada, the UK, the US, the Middle East, Central and East Asia, and Africa to create a fully integrated global firm that will rank as the seventh largest law firm in the world, measured by number of lawyers and professionals.

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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that litigator Livia M. Kiser has joined the firm’s Consumer Protection Defense Department as a partner in the Chicago office. Most recently, she was a partner at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP in Chicago.

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Clifford Chance advised Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft in connection with the placement of subordinated mandatory convertible notes with an issue volume of EUR 2.5 billion.

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Weil’s International Arbitration team successfully resolved a very significant dispute over natural gas prices between longstanding client Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) and Gazprom on 5 November, 2012. The dispute was scheduled to go to arbitration in Stockholm in January 2013.

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Susan Charles has joined the Chicago office of Lathrop & Gage LLP as a partner the firm announced today. Charles counsels corporate and private equity clients in a broad array of environmental matters, including business transactions, regulatory compliance and litigation.

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