International law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP has appointed Anthony Menzies as a Partner in its market-leading Global Insurance team in London. Anthony is recognised as a leading specialist in marine, energy and engineering and will head up the firm’s marine and offshore energy practice, based in its Mincing Lane offices.
Tags: DAC Beachcroft LLPTheodora Oringher PC is pleased to welcome Helen B. Kim as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Helen is a commercial litigator focusing on the representation of public and private companies and their directors, officers and principal shareholders in complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of securities and other class actions, shareholder derivative suits and regulatory investigations.
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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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