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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Alston & Bird Secures Acquisition on a $413 Million Deal
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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U.K. Serious Fraud Office Bribery and Corruption Head Satnam Tumani to Join Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
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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Covington Expands Life Sciences Practice in China with Addition of Weishi Li
Covington & Burling is pleased to announce the addition of Weishi Li as a partner to its corporate team, further bolstering the firm’s global transactional and IP capabilities in the life sciences and technology sectors. Ms. Li will be based in Shanghai when that office opens.
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Baker Botts Opens Brussels Office; Enhances Global Reach of Antitrust and Competition Law Practice
Baker Botts L.L.P. announced the opening of a Brussels office today in a move that will enhance the global reach of its antitrust and competition law practice. Highly-regarded European Union lawyer Catriona Hatton has joined the firm as Partner in Charge of the Brussels office, and Paul Lugard, a well-known competition law expert, has joined the firm as a Partner in Brussels.
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Ropes & Gray Expands Life Sciences Group with Addition of Partner
Ropes & Gray is pleased to announce that Paul D. Rubin has joined the firm’s Life Sciences Group as a partner resident in the Washington, D.C. office.
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Nixon Peabody Expands China Practice with Addition of Corporate Partner Focused on Cross Border Transactions; Linda Ji Provides Bridge between Boston and China for both U.S. and Chinese Clients
International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP announces the arrival of Global Business & Transactions partner Xueqing Linda Ji to its Boston office. Ms. Ji will play a key role at Nixon Peabody, given her broad experience in cross border business transactions involving the U.S. and China. Prior to her arrival, she served as vice chair of Foley & Lardner LLP’s China Practice.
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Chadbourne & Parke represented FOVISSSTE in the successful placement of its 13th mortgage loan portfolio securitization, known as TFOVIS, which amounted to US$404 million. The settlement of the Issuance on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV for its Spanish Acronym) took place on August 31.
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Manatt Expands Corporate Practice in New York
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that H.H. Sean Wee has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Practice. Wee comes to Manatt from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in New York.
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IP Litigator Bruce Chapman Joins Sheppard Mullin
Bruce G. Chapman has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s 70-attorney Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Chapman joins from Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, Sheppard Mullin added two IP litigation partners: Ed Anderson in Palo Alto and partner Jill Pietrini in Century City.
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