Leading international law firm Clifford Chance advised Ciments Français on the sale of its 100% stake in Shaanxi Fuping Cement Company Limited (Fuping Cement) to a subsidiary of West China Cement Limited (WCC) for RMB504 million (approximately US$80 million) and its simultaneous investment in WCC, which is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Cohen & Grigsby, a business law firm with headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA and an office in Naples, FL, is pleased to announce that Noland J. Cheung has joined the firm as a director and head of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice.
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A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys advised PlainsCapital Corporation in signing a definitive merger agreement with Hilltop Holdings Inc., a Dallas-based holding company.
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The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that Dr. Karsten Müller-Eising will arrive in the Frankfurt Officein the near future as a partner in the Capital Markets Practice. He comes to the Firm from Hogan Lovells and will be joined by Thomas Stoll and Daniela Schmitt. Together, they will enhance a team of more than 120 capital markets lawyers worldwide. The addition of these three lawyers marks another important step in the expansion of the Firm’s German practice, which has recently attracted attention with the opening of the Düsseldorf Office in February, and the addition of several lateral partners, as well as the promotion of seven lawyers to the partnership in Frankfurt and Munich at the beginning of the year.
Tags: Jones Day | GermanyThree new partners are coming aboard with the legal practice of Haynes and Boone to aid with the firm’s increasing workload for intellectual property and trademark law, according to a press release.
One of the three will be based in California and the two others will practice Washington legal jobs.
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Winston & Strawn LLP announced today it is being joined by 22 litigation partners from Dewey & LeBoeuf, one energy partner, and a number of associates and of counsel. The well-respected group will complement Winston’s rapidly expanding global litigation and transactional footprint.
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O’Melveny & Myers LLP is pleased to announce that a group of leading finance and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) lawyers is joining the Firm from Dewey & LeBoeuf. Richard Shutran, Junaid H. Chida, Arthur V. Hazlitt, Mark Caterini, and Dev R. Sen will be partners in O’Melveny’s New York office.
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Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Cliff W. Vrielink will join the firm as a partner in the recently opened Houston office. Prior to joining Sidley, Mr. Vrielink was a partner at Vinson & Elkins, where his practice focused on mergers, acquisitions and private equity.
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Herrick, Feinstein LLP announced today that David A. Pentlow, a veteran in the areas of corporate and securities law, has joined the firm’s New York office as a Partner in the Corporate Department. Mr. Pentlow was formerly a Partner with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
Tags: Herrick, Feinstein LLP | New YorkResponding 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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