Former Ceridian General Counsel Michael Sheridan & Junaid Odubeko, Former Legal Counsel to Gov. Phil Bredesen, Join Butler Snow

Michael W. Sheridan joins Butler Snow’s Banking, Real Estate and Financial Services Group, and Junaid A. Odubeko joins the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group. Sheridan will focus on business planning and operations, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, business structure and capitalization and data privacy and information protection. Odubeko will focus on commercial litigation and governmental law.

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White & Case Boosts China M&A Practice with Addition of New Partner in Beijing

Global law firm White & Case LLP has boosted its China Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of new partner Tao Lan in Beijing. Tao’s practice supports the Firm’s strategic goals of strengthening its Global M&A Practice and increasing its capabilities in China. He joins the Firm from Dewey & LeBoeuf in Beijing, and he was previously a partner at King & Wood.

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O’Melveny Represents PT MNC Sky Vision in Connection with Indonesia IPO

O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk. (MSKY) in connection with its initial public offering of ordinary shares on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. O’Melveny advised MSKY on its Rule 144A international offering to eligible investors outside of Indonesia. The offering amount was 1,412,776,000 ordinary shares, or 20% of its outstanding shares, at a price of Rp. 1,520 per offer share, or approximately US$227.8 million raised.

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McDermott Adds Prominent Tax Controversy Partners

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced the appointments of two of the nation’s most highly regarded tax litigation lawyers, Roger Jones and Andrew Roberson, as partners in the Firm’s Chicago office. Specializing in a full range of tax controversy matters, Jones and Roberson represent taxpayers of all types, including numerous Fortune 500 companies. The two join McDermott from an AmLaw 5 law firm where they have worked together since 2005.

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Alexander Moon Joins Sidley Austin’s Global Finance Practice

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Alexander Moon is joining the Firm’s global finance practice as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Moon’s practice includes the representation of U.S. and international banks based in Europe and Asia in a range of secured and unsecured financings, with a particular focus on the financing of commodities in domestic and cross-border contexts.

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