Wiggin and Dana welcomes John B. Kennedy as a corporate partner in the firm’s Stamford office. He joins Wiggin and Dana from Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Tags: Wiggin and Dana, LLPChadbourne Represents Rio Bravo in Formation of Brazil Focused Renewable Energy Fund
Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Rio Bravo Investimentos Ltda. as its international fund counsel in the formation of Rio Bravo Energia I FIP, a Brazilian private equity fund. The fund recently held its final closing on May 4th, 2012, raising R$463 million (US$227 million) from both domestic and international investors. The fund will make investments primarily in Brazilian small to mid-sized greenfield power generation projects with a focus on renewable energy from hydro, wind and biomass projects.
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Baker Hostetler’s Growth Continues in Cleveland: Edmund W. Searby Joins Litigation Group
Baker Hostetler announced that Edmund W. Searby joined the firm’s Litigation Group as Partner in its Cleveland, Ohio office where his practice will focus on white collar defense and corporate investigations, securities litigation, antitrust and commercial litigation. He comes to Baker Hostetler from McDonald Hopkins LLC.
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Saul Ewing Bolsters Insurance Practice with Addition of Partner Frances R. Roggenbaum
Saul Ewing LLP is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Frances R. Roggenbaum as a Partner in the firm’s Business and Finance and Insurance practices.
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Alston & Bird’s Expanding West Coast Corporate Practice
Alston & Bird has continued the western expansion of its nationally recognized and ranked corporate practice with the addition of five new leading attorneys, each of whom brings with them a highly regarded reputation within the California and West Coast business and legal communities.
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Covington Advises SandRidge Energy in $130 Million Sale of Tertiary Assets to Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity
Covington advised SandRidge Energy, Inc. on the sale of its non-core tertiary recovery business for $130 million to Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity portfolio company Trinity CO2 Investments. The divested properties are located in West Texas and currently produce approximately 1,100 barrels of oil per day.
Tags: Covington & Burling LLP | New YorkRick Lazio to Run Newly Opened New York Office of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre
Former U.S. Representative from New York Rick Lazio has been hired to fill a New York legal job with Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, according to a press release.
Lazio will spearhead the newly opened New York office as a partner, where tasks that cross his desk might include legal recruitment.
Tags: New YorkDenver Judge Judge Christina Habas to Leave Bench for Opportunity with Keating Wagner Polidori Free
Denver law firm Keating Wagner Polidori Free is set to take on Denver District Court Judge Christina Habas to fill a Denver legal job, according to a press release.
Set to step down from the bench on Friday, July 13, the justice will join the Denver law firm as a shareholder and trial lawyer on Monday, July 16.
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Morgan Lewis to Expand Energy Transactions Capabilities with New Co-Managing Partner in Beijing
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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Scott D. Cheskiewicz Joins Jackson Walker
Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome new partner Scott D. Cheskiewicz to the firm. Mr. Cheskiewicz joins the Corporate & Securities group and the Investment Funds team in the Dallas and Austin offices.
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