Responding to the growing intellectual property and trademark needs of U.S. and foreign clients, Haynes and Boone, LLP has added three experienced intellectual property partners – two in Washington, D.C. and one based in California who also practices in Washington, D.C.
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Choate today announced that William R. Haulbrook, PhD, has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property Group. Dr. Haulbrook joins Choate from Goodwin Procter, where he was a Partner in their IP Group. He will continue to focus his practice on procurement and enforcement of intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on strategic development of US and foreign patent portfolios, patent infringement and validity opinions, patent licensing and IP due diligence.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the sole underwriter, HSBC, on the rights issue by The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited, a pharmaceutical company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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DLA Piper represented PJ Finance Company, LLC during its US$500 million debt restructuring. PJ Finance Company, owner of 32 apartment complexes with nearly 10,000 units, won court permission to restructure approximately US$500 million in debt. US Bankruptcy Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon signed an order approving the debtors’ reorganization plan.
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Foley Hoag LLP has added Derek Smith as a partner and Luis Parada as counsel, continuing the growth of its leading International Litigation and Arbitration Practice and its Washington, D.C. office.
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Clyde & Co is pleased to announce that Devika Khanna has joined the firm as a partner in its international arbitration team.
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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Merrill Lynch International as the joint lead managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Bank of Ceylon of its $500 million 6.875% senior notes due 2017.
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Bruce J. Casino has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade practice group. Casino joins Sheppard Mullin from Katten Muchin Rosenman in Washington, D.C.
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Drummond Woodsum is pleased to welcome James Kilbreth as the firm’s newest Shareholder, joining the Trial Services Group. Jamie is an accomplished litigator and advisor who can navigate complex commercial and regulatory disputes. He was the lead lawyer for the State of Maine in the 1.5 billion dollar recovery from the tobacco industry. He currently represents more than 28,000 Maine public employees and public school teachers in a constitutional challenge to cuts in their pension benefits.
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