The law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Ronald Sum to its Insurance and Maritime practices in Hong Kong.
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Ogletree Deakins Deepens Los Angeles Office, Adds Two Shareholders
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, welcomes Dawn Collins and Katessa Charles Davis as shareholders to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Collins joins Ogletree Deakins from Jackson Lewis; and Davis from Steptoe & Johnson LLP. Since January, Ogletree Deakins’ Los Angeles office has grown by nearly 20 percent in response to client demand. Nationally, Ogletree Deakins has added shareholders in the firm’s offices in Atlanta, Denver, New Orleans, New York City, and Philadelphia.
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Herbert Smith Advises Export-Import Bank of China on RMB2 Billion Bond Offering
Herbert Smith has recently advised Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) on its issuance of RMB2 billion (US$318 million) bonds. This transaction follows China Eximbank’s successful offering of two- and three-year bonds in March with a total size of RMB4 billion, on which Herbert Smith also acted.
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Shartsis Friese Expands Real Estate Practice – Etlin and Aitelli Join as Partners
Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Craig B. Etlin and Peter Aitelli have joined the firm as partners in the real estate group.
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White & Case Successfully Defends Chimei InnoLux Corporation in US International Trade Commission Case
Global law firm White & Case LLP successfully defended Chimei InnoLux Corporation, one of Taiwan’s leading makers of flat panels and liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) used in computer and television screens, in a Section 337 Investigation brought before the US International Trade Commission (ITC).
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Corrs Advises Apax Partners on US$1 Billion Acquisition of Paradigm Software Group
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has advised global private equity firm Apax Partners on its US$1 billion cash acquisition of Paradigm Software Group.
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Joan K. Archer Moves Practice to Armstrong Teasdale
Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of attorney Joan K. Archer as a partner in the Kansas City office. Archer is a member of the Litigation practice group and handles intellectual property and complex litigation matters.
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Hogan Lovells Recruits Arbitration Partner in Paris
Hogan Lovells continues to expand its global International Arbitration practice with the recruitment in Paris of new partner Carmen Nuñez-Lagos. Carmen was previously practicing international arbitration at Bredin Prat and is a former partner of the Spanish law boutique Bernardo Cremades y Asociados in Madrid. She has also held the position of Head Legal Counsel at a major Spanish telecom company, Auna (now France Telecom). She joins the firm today, Friday 15 June, together with one associate from another firm.
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Lawrence Graham LLP (LG) has hired Brett Israel as a partner and international head of its restructuring and insolvency team.
Ropes & Gray’s William Kim is First Foreign Lawyer Approved by Korean Bar Association
The Korean Bar Association formally announced on June 18 that Ropes & Gray partner William Yongkyun Kim has been registered as the very first foreign legal consultant in Korea, a historic milestone that sets the stage for the first-ever establishment of a foreign law firm in Korea.
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