Morgan Lewis to Expand Energy Transactions Capabilities with New Co-Managing Partner in Beijing

Monday, June 4, 2012

Morgan Lewis today announced that it will expand in China with the addition of Ingrid Zhu-Clark—a well-respected energy transactions practitioner and former office managing partner at two international firms—who will join the firm as a partner in its Business and Finance practice, resident in Beijing. Along with Lucas S. Chang, Ph.D., senior partner of the firm’s Greater China practice, Zhu-Clark will be a Co-Managing Partner of the Beijing Office. The firm’s planned growth in Beijing comes on the heels of announcements that the firm has drawn dozens of attorneys internationally in recent weeks, including a significant expansion in London, a litigation team in Paris, and corporate and energy lawyers who practice in Russia and Kazakhstan.

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Rick Lazio Joins Jones Walker

Monday, June 4, 2012

Rick A. Lazio, former U.S. Representative from New York, has announced that he is joining the law firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. (“Jones Walker”) as a partner and will head the firm’s first New York office.

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Davis Polk – Energizer $500 Million Notes Offering

Monday, June 4, 2012

Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Energizer Holdings, Inc. of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.7% senior notes due 2022. The notes are unconditionally guaranteed by all existing and future subsidiaries of Energizer that are guarantors on the company’s credit agreements or other indebtedness for borrowed money.

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Miller & Chevalier Expands Criminal Tax Practice with the Addition of Department of Justice Senior Litigation Counsel Kevin M. Downing

Monday, June 4, 2012

Miller & Chevalier Chartered today announced that Kevin M. Downing has joined the firm’s Criminal Tax practice as a Member. Downing joins the firm from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Tax Division, where he served as a federal prosecutor for 15 years, the last eight in the role of Senior Litigation Counsel. Downing will join the firm on June 11, 2012.

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Reed Smith Adds Former SEC Senior Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel

Monday, June 4, 2012

Reed Smith LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced the addition of Terence Healy as a partner in its Global Regulatory Enforcement Group (GRE) in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Healy was formerly Senior Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C.

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