International legal practice Norton Rose Group today confirmed that leading Canadian law firm Macleod Dixon joined the Group on 1 January 2012.
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Jeffrey Smith Joins Crowell & Moring’s New York Office to Bolster Environmental and Corporate Practices
Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey A. Smith has joined the firm’s New York office, where he will be a partner in the firm’s Environment & Natural Resources and Corporate groups. Smith joins from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he was a partner and head of the firm’s environmental law group, as well as the former Managing Partner of Administration.
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Presant, Cosentino Join Clifford Chance’s M&A Team in New York
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that Ivan Presant and Joseph Cosentino have joined the firm as M&A partners in New York. The two were previously partners at Dewey & LeBoeuf, where they represented clients on a wide variety of acquisitions, dispositions and other mergers and acquisitions-related activity.
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K&L Gates Strengthens Arbitration Team with Addition of Frankfurt Partner
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP continues the growth of its commercial disputes and arbitration practices with the addition of Dr. Johann von Pachelbel as a partner in its Frankfurt office. He joins K&L Gates from Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyra AB.
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Cozen O’Connor Adds High Profile Trial Attorney John B. Williams to Washington, D.C., Office
Cozen O’Connor announced that nationally prominent trial attorney and Jones Day partner John B. Williams will join the firm’s litigation department, practicing out of its rapidly expanding Washington, DC office. Williams litigates complex disputes involving a wide variety of commercial issues, including antitrust, intellectual property, environmental, RICO, defamation, and products liability.
Tags: Cozen O'Connor, P.C. Michael J. Femal Joins Intellectual Property & Technology Group at Much Shelist
Chicago-based law firm Much Shelist recently announced the addition of Michael J. Femal as a Principal in the Intellectual Property & Technology practice group.
David Klein Joins SNR Denton’s Hotels and Leisure Practice
Shearman & Sterling Bolsters Project Finance Practice with Addition of Inglis
Shearman & Sterling will strengthen its globally recognized project finance practice with the addition of John Inglis, who has established an exceptional marketplace reputation during his more than 20 years of experience.
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Paul Hastings Advises on Shuanghui International’s US$2.5 Billion General Offer
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Shuanghui International Holdings Limited (“Shuanghui International”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Shuanghui Group”), including Henan Shuanghui Investment Development Co. Ltd. (“Shuanghui Investment”) which is an A-share company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, in one of the largest public company merger and acquisition transactions in China. The Shuanghui Group is a large-scale food processing company in China whose major shareholders include CDH Investments, Goldman Sachs, Temasek (the Singapore government’s investment firm) and New Horizon (a leading China-focused private equity fund).
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Freshfields Advises RHJ International and Asahi Tec on Sale to Unison Capital in Japan
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising financial investor RHJ International (“RHJI”) on the divestment of its stake in Japanese automotive supplier Asahi Tec Corporation to funds managed by Japanese private equity firm Unison Capital Group (“Unison”).
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