Dechert LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Chicago with the arrival of three securities litigation partners there. Moving to Dechert are David H. Kistenbroker, Joni S. Jacobsen and Carl. E. Volz, all previously with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Krause has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office. Previously at Stutman, Treister & Glatt, he will join the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice as a partner.
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLPannounced that Hyun Chung has joined the firm as a shareholder in its New York Corporate & Securities Practice. Chung will focus on enhancing the firm’s practice in Korea and throughout Asia. Prior to joining the firm, Chung was Director and Counsel at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, where he advised across a wide range of structured products and derivatives, having previously practiced law as Senior Corporate Attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York.
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Proskauer advised long-term client Accor S.A. on the proposed sale of its United States Economy Hotels Division to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII for $1.9 billion. The network includes Motel 6, the iconic North American brand, and Studio 6, an extended-stay economy chain, and comprises 1,102 hotels in the United States and Canada. The transaction is the largest in the U.S. lodging industry since 2010.
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Global law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges represented Edwards Group Ltd., which has its headquarters in Crawley, UK, in connection with its initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York. Shares of the manufacturer of industrial vacuum equipment were priced at $8 per share; and trading of the approximately 12.5 million shares on offer commenced on May 11. At pricing, the market capitalisation of Edwards Group was $903 million. The IPO closed on May 16.
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Shearman & Sterling represented The Dow Chemical Company in its major arbitration victory announced today—in which Dow was awarded more than $2.1 billion. This case arose from the withdrawal by Petrochemical Industries Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Company, from a planned joint venture with Dow.
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Fox Rothschild LLP has significantly strengthened its national intellectual property practice with the addition of a prestigious group of patent litigators in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
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The Paris office of international law firm Eversheds has appointed French IP/IT law expert Gaëtan Cordier as a Partner to lead the Paris IP/IT team.
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