Cullen and Dykman LLP, one of New York’s oldest law firms, today announced it has opened an office at 99 Washington Avenue in Albany, New York. Cullen and Dykman’s new office is consistent with its ongoing upstate New York strategic growth initiative. It was also announced that Brian T. FitzGerald has joined Cullen and Dykman LLP as partner-in-charge of the Albany office. With the addition of Mr. FitzGerald’s group, Cullen and Dykman adds to its status as a pre-eminent utility and energy law firm in the state and the region.

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. is pleased to announce that its Energy and Clean Technology Practice represented GreatPoint Energy in its landmark transaction with China-based Wanxiang Holdings. As part of the deal, GreatPoint Energy has raised corporate equity investment and secured project funding totaling $1.25 billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a one trillion cubic feet per year coal-to natural gas production facility in China. Wanxiang will take a large minority stake in GreatPoint, an investment that is considered one of the largest by a Chinese company in an American firm financed by venture capital, according to Ernst & Young.

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Assistant United States Attorney Reid J. Schar will join Jenner & Block as a Partner in the Firm’s White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations Practice Group. During Mr. Schar’s tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s office, he led the prosecution of some of the most important and significant public corruption cases ever brought in the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Schar was the lead prosecutor in both corruption trials of former Governor Rod Blagojevich and was a member of the team that helped convict Tony Rezko (a former Blagojevich fundraiser).

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Wiggin and Dana welcomes John B. Kennedy as a corporate partner in the firm’s Stamford office. He joins Wiggin and Dana from Dewey & LeBoeuf.

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Baker Hostetler announced that Edmund W. Searby joined the firm’s Litigation Group as Partner in its Cleveland, Ohio office where his practice will focus on white collar defense and corporate investigations, securities litigation, antitrust and commercial litigation. He comes to Baker Hostetler from McDonald Hopkins LLC.

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Saul Ewing LLP is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Frances R. Roggenbaum as a Partner in the firm’s Business and Finance and Insurance practices.

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