Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP has advised the DVLA on the appointment as preferred bidder of Post Office Limited to provide driving licences and tax discs at post offices all over the UK. The £450 million contract will run for up to ten years, and provides a framework for other government departments as well as the DVLA to obtain front office counter services from the Post Office.

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Winston & Strawn LLP today announced Thomas M. Dunham has joined the firm as partner in the intellectual property practice. Mr. Dunham joins the firm’s Washington, D.C. office from Novak Druce + Quigg LLP where he was chair of the litigation practice group and a member of the executive committee.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, is representing GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), in the sale of Thomas Medical Products, Inc. (“Thomas Medical”) to Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (“Merit”) (NASDAQ: MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy, for the purchase price of $167 million subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to close prior to December 31, 2012.

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Mark A. Harris has joined Jenner & Block as a partner in the Chicago office. As one of Chicago’s most highly regarded M&A attorneys, Mr. Harris has been at the heart of many major transactions, including Wrapports, LLC’s recent acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times. Mr. Harris joins the Firm’s Corporate Practice and will serve as Co-Chair of its Private Equity Practice and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He will advise clients on acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, LBOs, going-private transactions, reorganizations, proxy contests and other complex transactions, as well as on corporate governance and other general business matters.

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