The global law firm Jones Day has announced that it has continued the expansion of its Dubai Office with the hire of leading regional real estate and project development lawyer Duane Keighran.
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Munsch Hardt Welcomes Jon B. Hyland
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of intellectual property litigation lawyer Jon Hyland who joins the Dallas office of Munsch Hardt as a shareholder. Jon brings with him extensive experience in the field of intellectual property litigation, having represented both domestic and international companies in a variety of intellectual property matters encompassing a wide range of technologies.
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Latham & Watkins Financial Institutions Group Bench Strengthened with Addition of New York Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Courtenay Myers Lima has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Myers Lima advises financial institutions on a broad variety of public and private capital markets offerings, regulatory matters and corporate governance.
Tags: Latham & Watkins LLP | New York Barry Weissman to Launch LA Insurance Practice of Edwards Wildman
The international law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Barry Leigh Weissman has joined the firm as a partner in its Insurance and Reinsurance Department. Weissman will base his practice in the firm’s office in Los Angeles.
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McDermott Welcomes Leading Washington Tax Partner
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that it has named Dwight N. Mersereau as a partner in its U.S. and International Tax practice group, based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office. A prominent Washington tax practitioner, Mr. Mersereau has served inside the Internal Revenue Service and has been involved in shaping tax policy through legislation, U.S. Department of the Treasury regulation projects, revenue rulings, and private letter rulings He joins the Firm from the Washington office of Miller Chevalier.
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Nationally Recognized IP Attorney Joins Dinsmore
Karen Gaunt, a standout in the legal community and formerly with Wood, Herron & Roberts, L.L.P., has joined Dinsmore’s Cincinnati office as a partner and as the Director of the firm’s Trademark, Copyright and Brand Strategies Group. She joins the firm’s expanding worldwide intellectual property (IP) practice, which includes more than 40 full-time IP attorneys (and more than 30 registered patent attorneys) with substantial experience in all areas of intellectual property law.
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Paul, Weiss Advises Quiznos in Restructuring Deal
As reported in The Wall Street Journal and The Deal Pipeline on Wednesday, Paul, Weiss client Quiznos has concluded a comprehensive restructuring deal with a group of lenders led by hedge fund Avenue Capital Group. All of the company’s second-lien debt will be converted into equity and Avenue Capital will inject $150 million of new equity capital into the quick serve franchise business. The company’s first-lien debt also was restructured as were certain other liabilities. According to Quiznos’ chief executive, Greg MacDonald, “improving our balance sheet and putting our capital structure issues behind us are major steps forward to strengthening the Quiznos brand and our customer experience.”
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Morgan Lewis Advises Pep Boys on $1B Sale to The Gores Group
The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE: PBY), the nation’s leading automotive aftermarket service and retail chain, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which it will be acquired by The Gores Group, one of the nation’s leading investment firms, led by founder and CEO, Alec Gores. Total enterprise value of the transaction is approximately $1.0 billion.
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Stamford Law scored the lead role in advising SGX-listed United Fiber System (‘UFS’) in a S$1.5 billion reverse takeover transaction by which UFS will acquire 67% of IDX-listed coal mining Golden Energy Mines (‘GEMS’) from IDX-listed leading energy and infrastructure company, Dian Swastatika Sentosa (‘DSS’).
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Winston & Strawn Expands Global IP Litigation Practice with Addition of Michael Scheer to its New York and Los Angeles Offices
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that it has expanded its global intellectual property litigation group and regional capabilities in two major metropolitan markets with the addition of Michael J. Scheer as a partner in its New York and Los Angeles offices. He joins the firm from Dickstein Shapiro LLP.
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