Bingham announced today that Clara Poffenberger, former counsel, Environmental and Safety Law for ExxonMobil Corporation, has joined Bingham’s nationally recognized Environmental, Land Use and Natural Resources Practice Group, which was named Environmental Practice of the Year by U.S. News and World Report for 2011-2012. Poffenberger will continue to focus on Clean Air Act and climate change issues as a partner in Bingham’s Washington, D.C., office.

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Michael E. Barnsback has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a partner on the Labor and Employment and Business Litigation Practice Area Teams. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Alexandria office.

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Ashurst has advised an international banking consortium in connection with the issue of a €1.75 billion benchmark bond by Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA). The consortium was headed by Barclays Bank (technical lead) and included Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs International, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and UBS Limited. The bond has a term of five years (due 30 August 2017) and will bear interest of 1.125 per cent per annum.

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Herrick, Feinstein LLP announced today that Jeffrey I. Wasserman has joined the firm’s Newark office as a Partner in the Litigation Department.

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Partners Emily Mao and Mark McElreath served as counsel for client Global Payments in a successful acquisition acquiring private equity-owned Accelerated Payment Technologies Inc. (APT) in a $413 million deal that was featured inThe Deal – Pipeline.

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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that the head of the U.K. Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) Bribery and Corruption and International Assistance Departments, Satnam Tumani, will join the litigation and dispute resolution practice of the Firm’s London office, effective 24 September 2012.

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