Venable LLP announced that experienced commercial litigator and products liability defense counsel Stacie Tobin has joined the firm as a partner in its Baltimore office.
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Procopio Continues to Grow, Expands in Silicon Valley
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is at it again. The California Daily Journal recently ranked Procopio fourth among all California firms in terms of growth in 2012, with a 27.3% growth rate. And the firm recently earned the ranking as San Diego’s largest law firm, with over 130 attorneys.
Procopio now adds again to that number, announcing the addition of five new attorneys to their Silicon Valley office.
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Atlanta-Based Smith, Gambrell & Russell Combines With Hartman & Craven in New York
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (SGR), a full-service, international law firm, announced that it has combined with Hartman & Craven LLP, a New York law firm with a broad-based practice as well as deep roots and knowledge about the New York area market. The combination of the two storied law firms, each with over 90 years of history and service both to clients and the legal profession, was effective October 1, 2012 and doubled the number of SGR attorneys in New York.
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Banking & Finance Partner Samrad Nazer Joins Locke Lord’s London Office as Part of Banking & Finance Practice
Banking & Finance Partner Samrad Nazer has joined the London office of Locke Lord as yet another key player in the Firm’s rapidly evolving UK transactional banking team. Nazer is the second Banking & Finance Partner to join the international Firm in less than a month, as well as the fourth Partner recently added to the ranks in London. He brings additional depth and breadth to significant transactional banking areas such as cross-border and domestic debt finance and syndicate financings.
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Eversheds Advises DuPont on $4.9 Billion Disposal
Global law firm Eversheds has advised DuPont on the European aspects of its proposed global disposal of DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) to The Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion.
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Pinsent Masons Boosts Corporate Finance Team
International law firm Pinsent Masons is further strengthening its Corporate team in London with the appointment of corporate finance specialist, Jonathan Beastall.
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Triton sells German logistics specialist Dematic with Linklaters
The international commercial law firm Linklaters advised the private equity investor Triton on the sale of Dematic GmbH to the financial investor AEA Investors as well as to Teachers’ Private Capital, the part of the Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan that specialises in private equity. Triton had acquired Dematic from Siemens AG in 2006. The transaction is subject to antitrust approval and is expected to be completed in January 2013. The parties agreed to maintain secrecy regarding the purchase price.
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Cravath – CNH Global’s Merger Agreement with Fiat Industrial
On November 26, 2012, the Special Committee (“Special Committee”) of the Board of Directors of CNH Global N.V. (“CNH”) announced that it has recommended the merger agreement entered into today between CNH and Fiat Industrial S.p.A. Cravath represented the Special Committee in connection with this transaction, which is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2013 and is subject to customary regulatory approvals and limited closing conditions.
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Hogan Lovells Advises Equity Residential in US$16 Billion Acquisition of Archstone Enterprise LP
Hogan Lovells announced today that it is advising Equity Residential on the US$16 billion acquisition of Archstone Enterprise LP (Archstone) from Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc.
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Dmitry Kurochkin Joins Dechert’s Litigation Group in Moscow
International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that leading Russian litigator Dmitry Kurochkin has joined the firm as a partner in its dispute resolution practice in Moscow. Prior to joining Dechert, Kurochkin worked in the Moscow office of another international law firm, where he served as head of litigation, Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and head of the Moscow employment group.
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