Simpson Thacher represented JPMorgan as financial advisor to the Board of Directors of Merchant eSolutions, Inc. in connection with Cielo S.A.’s agreement to acquire Merchant eSolutions for $670 million. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions.
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DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Florence Guthfreund-Roland will be joining the Paris office as a partner effective July 2, 2012. Florence Guthfreund-Roland will be responsible for the telecommunications sector and practice in Paris, with a particular focus on African related work and projects.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Klune Industries, a leader in the manufacturing of aerostructures components, in its sale to Precision Castparts Corp., a worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Los AngelesTaber Estes Thorne & Carr hired Linda G. Moore to for a Dallas legal job, according to a press release.
Equipped with more than three decades worth of experience in commercial litigation, Moore joins the firm as a partner and brings extensive experience with trials and arbitration.
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International law firm Pinsent Masons hired two partners for Shanghai legal jobs, according to a press release.
Bernd-Uwe Stucken and Liu Wei, whose expertise centers around corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial legal work, come aboard the Shanghai office to handle inbound investment deals for manufacturing and technology in China.
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International law firm Clyde & Co has today announced that it will open offices in Sydney and Perth on 1 October 2012 with the recruitment of a team from Australian law firm Allens.
Tags: Clyde & Co LLPThe Dubai office of International law firm Clyde & Co LLP has advised Thomson Reuters on its acquisition of Zawya Limited (Zawya).
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Thad Davis and Michael Li-Ming Wong have joined the firm’s San Francisco office as partners. Both were previously with Ropes & Gray. Davis joins Gibson Dunn as Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation Practice Group, and Wong will serve as Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Enforcement Group and also be a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations Group.
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Tess J. Ferrera has joined Schiff Hardin LLP’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Litigation and Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Groups.
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