Mark E. Matthews has joined Caplin & Drysdale as a Washington-based member in the Tax Controversies and Tax Litigation practices. Mr. Matthews was previously a partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP where he worked on tax controversy and litigation matters.

Roger Craig, former Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., has joined Dinsmore’s Columbus office. He will practice as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Practice Groups.

Linklaters advised the Italian UniCredit S.p.A. on its most recent capital increase. With this measure, the large bank reacted to the results of the stress test performed by the European Banking Authority, which had identified the capital gap. A higher Tier 1 capital ratio should help to better absorb the loss and default risk of banks in the future. This capital increase by €7.5 billion has been the largest capital measure ever implemented by an Italian bank.

DLA Piper today announces the appointment of leading employment lawyer, Murray Procter, to its partnership. Murray joins the firm from Norton Rose and will commence in the DLA Piper Brisbane office on 27 February 2012.

Middletons, in co-operation with Iffla Wade, acted for Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT (TBIG) in successfully signing an agreement with Indosat for the purchase of 2,500 tower assets and lease of site space to PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat), for upfront amount of US$406 million made up of cash and shares and a maximum potential earn-out amount of US$113 million.