Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised TAM S.A. on its combination with LAN Airlines to form LATAM Airlines Group S.A. The deal, which closed on June 22, took more than a year-and-a-half to complete and required both Brazilian and Chilean regulatory approvals. The completed transaction results in the largest airline in South America with a fleet of 310 aircraft, and one of the largest airlines in the world by market value.
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International law firm Winston & Strawn hired Brinton M. Scott as a partner for a Shanghai legal job, according to a press release.
Scott, who has worked in China for more than 15 years, will take on corporate, intellectual property and employment law assignments.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery augmented two Texas offices with renowned tax lawyers, according to a press release.
Seven attorneys will take on new Dallas legal jobs and Houston legal jobs.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | HoustonMark Mengelberg returned to where he previously practiced law when he was hired by California-based law firm Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis for a San Francisco legal job, according to a press release.
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For the second time in recent weeks, the law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP has added a high-profile Intellectual Property team to its New York office.
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLPannounced today that Jude Kearney has joined the firm in its Washington, D.C. office as a shareholder in the Global Energy & Infrastructure and Corporate & Securities practices. He will head the firm’s Africa Practice.
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Linklaters has advised China Development Bank on its EUR350 million project financing of a 300MW mine mouth coal fired power plant in Stanari, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first ever project financing led by a Chinese bank in Europe, this transaction is also one of the largest independent power projects in the region and the first large scale power project to be constructed by Chinese contractors in Europe.
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International law firm Clyde & Co is pleased to announce the addition of infrastructure and structured finance specialist Michael Horn as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office. Michael is the latest lateral partner hire to join the firm’s rapidly expanding Asia-Pacific projects and infrastructure group.
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A team from the Beijing and London offices of international legal practice Norton Rose Group has advised trading and investment group Energy Financing Team (EFT) on the project financing of a €550 million, 300MW thermal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Polsinelli Shughart welcomes Dwayne A. Fulk as shareholder who will focus on business, real estate, technology and international law matters. Fulk represents clients ranging from individuals to corporations in a wide variety of industries including technology, manufacturing and tourism.
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