International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has advised Finstar Group on the strategic disposal of its majority stake in the Rive Gauche Group to Elshtere Ltd. Finstar Group remains a substantial shareholder in the Rive Gauche Group. The transaction was completed in August 2012.
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Holland & Knight welcomes new partner Mark A. Flessner, a well-known white collar lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, to its Chicago Litigation Practice Group. A former assistant United States attorney in Chicago, Mr. Flessner counsels clients on the litigation risks arising from government investigative actions, whether criminal, civil or regulatory.
Tags: Holland & Knight LLP | New YorkMcKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announced that real estate attorney Christina Braisted Rogers has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as a partner in its real estate practice.
Caplin & Drysdale announced today that Elan P. Keller has joined the firm as a member in its New York office. Mr. Keller will be part of the Corporate, Business & Transactional Tax, International Tax, and Tax Controversies practice groups. He was previously a Managing Director and Tax Director of Macquarie Holdings (USA) Inc. (“Macquarie”), where he oversaw Macquarie Americas’ diverse structural and transaction-based initiatives from a tax perspective, including matters relating to domestic and international M&A; infrastructure and leasing transactions; structured finance and capital markets transactions; transfer pricing; fixed income; and oil, gas, energy, and natural resource transactions.
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Two Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys represented American Airlines, Inc. in negotiation of a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) between American and SkyWest Airlines, Inc.
Tags: Haynes and Boone, LLP | DallasBricker & Eckler LLP announced today that Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason will join the firm’s Cleveland office following his departure from the prosecutor’s office later this month. Effective October 1, Bill will become a partner in Bricker & Eckler’s Public Finance Group.
Edmond Lamek has joined Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG), a pre-eminent full-service, national law firm, as partner. He brings to the Firm over 20 years of experience practising exclusively in the area of insolvency and restructuring law.
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Osborne Clarke has strengthened its dispute resolution team with the hire of international arbitration specialist Greg Fullelove as a partner.
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The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that Jennifer S. Sickler has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Houston.
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Baker & McKenzie recently acted for the Saudi Binladin Group in relation to a SAR 1 billion (US$267 million) short term sukuk al murabaha issued by SBG Sukuk Limited as an exempt offering in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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