Ogletree Deakins Expands Los Angeles Office, Welcomes Alexandra Bodnar as Shareholder

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, welcomes Alexandra Bodnar as a shareholder to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Bodnar joins Ogletree Deakins from the Los Angeles office of Squire Sanders where she was a partner and head of the office’s labor and employment group.

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Grows Africa Practice with Addition of Lawyer Team in Johannesburg

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Africa practice through the addition of a leading team of lawyers led by Morné van der Merwe and Wildu du Plessis. The team joins from Werksmans Attorneys, where Mr. van der Merwe headed the Mining & Resources practice and Mr. du Plessis headed the Banking & Finance and Capital Markets practices.

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White & Case Advises SAUR on the Negotiation and Execution of a Joint Venture Agreement and an Operation and Maintenance Agreement with Marafiq

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Dr. Waleed Al-Nuwaiser in association with White & Case LLP advised SAUR, a leading French utility, in the negotiation and execution of a joint venture (JV) agreement and an operation and maintenance agreement with Marafiq, the Kingdom’s power and water company that supplies utilities to the two key oil, gas and industrial zones of Jubail and Yanbu. The JV will operate and maintain the water and wastewater assets in the industrial city of Jubail.

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DLA Piper Advises Doosan Power Systems on the Acquisition of AE&E Lentjes GmbH

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
DLA Piper has been advising Doosan Power Systems Ltd. on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in AE&E Lentjes GmbH from the insolvency administrator of AE&E Deutschland GmbH. As part of the transaction, Doosan Power Systems acquired 99 per cent of the shares in the company, which will henceforth be operating as “Doosan Lentjes GmbH”.

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Herbert Smith Singapore Advises CNOOC on the Disposal of Its Offshore Northwest Java PSC Interests in Indonesia

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
CNOOC Limited has issued a press release to announce that its subsidiary, CNOOC Southeast Asia Limited, sold CNOOC ONWJ Ltd. to EMP International (BVI) Limited (“EMPI”) for consideration of approximately US$212 million. CNOOC ONWJ Ltd. holds a 36.7205% working interest in Offshore Northwest Java Production Sharing Contract (the “ONWJ PSC”) in Indonesia.

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ARNSTEIN & LEHR OPENS MILWAUKEE OFFICE, WELCOMES CHARLES PAUTSCH, LISA BAIOCCHI, AND JESSE DILL

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Arnstein & Lehr is pleased to announce the opening of its Milwaukee office with the addition of partner Charles W. Pautsch, and associates Lisa Baiocchi and Jesse Dill to the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. All three attorneys join Arnstein & Lehr from the law firm of Jackson Lewis LLP. The expansion of this practice complements the recent addition of labor and employment partner Lori Adelson in Fort Lauderdale in December from the law firm of Ruden McClosky. More >>

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