Use LinkedIn to Market Yourself to Law Firms

Employment agencies search the globe to find top talent in the legal marketplace. Whether you’re looking to make the move to New York, Moscow or any other city, you can enhance your value to staffing firms with a LinkedIn account.

LinkedIn is a social networking website that connects millions of industry professionals. The site offers you the chance to upload your resume, list your achievements and sell yourself to potential employers.

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Corporate Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles, Adding Diverse Transactional Strengths

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Casey Fleck has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Fleck has extensive experience in a broad range of corporate transactions, including public and private securities offerings, corporate restructurings, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers and consent solicitations.

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Davis Polk Advises Treasury on Its $5.8 Billion Offering of AIG Common Stock

Davis Polk advised the United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in connection with its offering of approximately 188.5 million shares of common stock of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, representing proceeds to Treasury of approximately $5.8 billion. AIG agreed to purchase approximately 65.6 million shares in the offering, representing $2 billion of Treasury’s proceeds from the sale.

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Tags:  Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New York

Herbert Smith Advises on the Establishment of US$1.5 Billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme by Indonesia Eximbank and the First Issue of US$500 Million 3.75% Notes Issued under the Programme

Herbert Smith has recently advised The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc and Standard Chartered Bank (together the “Joint Lead Managers”) on the establishment of a US$1.5 billion euro medium term note programme (the “Programme”) and the first issue of US$500 million 3.75% notes due 2017 issued under such Programme.

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Tags:  Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Singapore

Henry J. Ricardo Joins Patterson Belknap as a Partner

The firm is pleased to announce that Henry J. Ricardo has become a partner effective May 10, 2012. Focused on financial services litigation, Mr. Ricardo has represented a broad range of entities, including a financial guaranty insurer, international banks, venture capital funds, securities brokers and financial advisors. He has been active in a number of high-profile matters that arose out of the recent economic crisis.

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Tags:  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | New York