International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced that it successfully represented JWC Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by affiliates of J.W. Childs Associates, a Boston-based private equity firm, in its $500 million deal to access public markets through a reverse acquisition with The Tile Shop.
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Cozen O’Connor, among the 100 largest U.S. law firms, announced that reinsurance attorney Mary A. Lopatto has joined the firm as a member of the Global Insurance Group in the Washington, DC office. She joins Cozen O’Connor from Chadbourne & Parke LLP, where she served as the Managing Partner of the Washington, DC office.
Tags: Cozen O'Connor, P.C.Law firm Ashfords LLP has welcomed new Partner, Andrew Perkins, to join its Commercial Litigation Team.
Noted bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer Paul Atherton has joined Kaye Scholer as a partner in its London office.
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International law firm Taylor Wessing announces the addition of a new partner to its capital markets team.
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The global law firm Baker & McKenzie continues to expand its Dusseldorf Corporate practice with the hire of Ingo Strauss. Strauss, who previously worked with Hengeler Mueller in Dusseldorf, will join Baker & McKenzie as a partner in September 1, 2012.
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Anderson Kill & Olick, PC. is pleased to announce that Robert D. Chesler, a pioneer of insurance coverage litigation on behalf of policyholders, has joined the firm as a shareholder in the Newark, New Jersey office. He comes to Anderson Kill from Lowenstein Sandler PC.
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On 1 September, international law firm Pinsent Masons will open its second office in continental Europe, in Paris. It will consist of a nine partner team offering a full service range of legal services including corporate, M&A, commercial, restructuring, finance, real estate, IT/IP, employment, litigation and arbitration.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised China Everbright International Limited (“China Everbright”), a Hong Kong-listed company focusing on environmental protection and alternative energy businesses in China, and its controlling shareholder Guildford Limited, on China Everbright’s US$162 million top-up placement. J.P. Morgan was the sole placing agent. China Everbright plans to use the net proceeds for the development of its environmental protection business and for general working capital.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing Weichai Power in the purchase of a 25% stake in KION Group, a worldwide leading provider of forklifts, warehouse equipment and other industrial trucks, and in the acquisition of a 70% stake in KION’s hydraulics business, Linde Hydraulics. Weichai Power is a leading automotive and equipment manufacturing group in China.
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